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YALE  COLLEGE  — YALE  UNIVERSITY 


BIOGRAPHICAL    RECORD 


CLASS  OF  SIXTY 


1860-1906 


Orlando  Leach,  Class  Secretary 


"  Spectemur  agendo 


BOSTON 
1906 


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CONTENTS 


PAGE 

Preface  of  Editorial  Committee 5 

Preface  of  Class  Secretary    7 

Class  Meetings 9 

Meeting  of  1861 9 

Triennial 10 

Sexennial 15 

Decennial 16 

Quindecennial 23 

VlGINTENNIAL 29 

Photo  of  Class   (1880) Facing  30 

Quarter-Century 32 

Thirty  Years  After 36 

Photo  of  Class  (1890) Facing  36 

Thirty-fifth  Anniversary      40 

Photo  of  Class  (1895) Facing  42 

Fortieth  Anniversary 46 

Photo  of  Class  (1900) Facing  46 

The  Bicentennial 57 

Forty-fifth  Anniversary 58 

Photo  of  Class   (1905) Facing  58 

Biographical  Record  of  Graduates 61 

Biographical  Record  of  Non-Graduates 173 

Statistics 203 

Professions  and  Occupations 205 

Addresses 206 

In  Memoriam 209 

Boating  Days  of  Sixty C.H.O.  210 

Stray  Leaves  from  a  Lost  Diary E.  G.  H.  229 

Retrospective J.  L.  D.  234 


FOREWORD 


The  only  foreword  the  Editorial  Committee  need  to  say  is  to  advise 
readers  to  take  in  the  preface  of  the  Class  Secretary  and  then  pass  on 
in  medias  res,  every  excellence  of  which  is  due  to  his  faithful  and 
persistent  effort. 

To  Secretary  Leach  the  Class  of  '60  owes  a  lasting  debt  of  gratitude 
for  all  his  painstaking  labor  and  generous  sacrifice  of  time  (if  not  of 
patience)  in  the  determined  pursuit  of  every  item  of  interest  to  the 
class,  and  in  careful  and  conscientious  attention  to  every  detail. 

To  co-operate  with  him  in  the  work  has  afforded  us  many  hours 
of  agreeable  occupation  and  pleasant  pastime,  as  well  as  occasion  for 
some  sober  and  serious  reflection. 

It  has  brought  us  face  to  face  once  more  with  every  member  of  the 
class,  awakened  anew  the  old  class  pride  and  spirit,  and  stirred  within 
us  whole  troops  of  precious  memories. 

We  believe  the  reading  of  the  records  herewith  presented  will  serve 
to  beguile  many  a  happy  hour,  recall  vividly  numerous  interesting 
scenes  and  events  of  college  days,  revive  fond  recollections  not  a  few, 
and  kindle  afresh  the  flame  of  mutual  affection,  — 

11  Those  first  affections, 
Those  shadowy  recollections ; 
Which,  be  they  what  they  may, 
Are  yet  the  fountain -light  of  all  our  day, 
Are  yet  a  master  light  of  all  our  seeing. 

"  Which  neither  listlessness,  nor  mad  endeavor, 
Nor  man  nor  boy, 
Nor  all  that  is  at  enmity  with  joy 
Can  utterly  abolish  or  destroy!  " 

We  would  fain  hope,  also,  that  the  perusal  of  the  pages  which  follow 
might,  perchance,  stimulate  or  encourage  those  of  us  who  survive  to 
yet  new  and  nobler  endeavor  while  the  day  lasts. 

To  every  living  classmate  we  sincerely  say: 

"  Serus  in  Caelum  Redeas." 


PREFACE 


"  I  shall  desire  you  of  more  acquaintance,  good  Master  Cobweb." 

The  breaking  off  in  the  midst  of  what  one  was  about  to  say,  as  if 
he  took  himself  up,  breeds  a  greater  appetite  in  him  with  whom  you 
confer  to  know  more.  —  Bacon. 

The  truest  test  of  civilization  is  not  the  census,  or  the  size  of  cities, 
nor  the  crops, —  no,  but  the  kind  of  men  the  country  turns  out.  — 
Emerson. 

The  forest  trees  once  asked  the  fruit  trees:  "  Why  is  not  the  rustling 
of  your  leaves  heard  in  the  distance?  "  The  fruit  trees  replied:  "  We 
can  dispense  with  the  rustling  to  manifest  our  presence,  our  fruits 
testify  for  us."  The  fruit  trees  then  inquired  of  the  forest  trees: 
"  Why  do  your  leaves  rustle  almost  constantly?  "  "  We  are  forced 
to  call  the  attention  of  man  to  our  existence."  —  The  Talmud. 

—  Dr.  Osier. 

But  now  is  tyme  to  yow  for  to  telle 
How  that  we  bare  us  in  that  ilke  night, 
When  we  were  in  that  ostelrie  alight; 
And  after  wol  I  telle  of  oure  viage 
And  al  the  remenaunt  of  oure  pilgrimage. 

Prologue  to  "  The  Canterbury  Tales.'l 

Rasselas,  Prince  of  Abyssinia,  Dr.  Johnson  tells  us,  made  the  dis- 
covery that  he  had  "  mused  away  "  the  four  and  twentieth  part  of 
the  forty  years  of  life  allotted  to  man.  And  from  that  period  was  to 
be  deducted  the  ignorance  of  infancy,  and  beyond  it  was  the  imbecility 
of  age.  But  he  had  been  living  in  "  The  Happy  Valley  "  and  was 
looking  about  for  an  exit  therefrom  where  he  could  lead  a  more 
strenuous  life. 

We,  who  have  lived  a  score  or  more  of  years  beyond  the  forty,  and 
not  always  in  "  The  Happy  Valley,"  can  count  some  of  our  achieve- 
ments in  the  later  period,  and  some  of  us,  perhaps,  are  looking  for 
further  successes  and  victories.  We  are  men  of  "  cheerful  yesterdays  " 
and  hopeful  to-morrows. 

There  are  sins  of  omission  and  of  commission  in  these  memorabilia 
of  the  Class  of  '60  for  which  the  Secretary  alone  is  blameworthy. 
Thanks  are  due  to  all  those  who  have  helped  the  compiler  and  cheered 
him  in  his  work.  Its  imperfections  be  upon  his  own  head.  The 
Editorial  Committee,  Eugene  Richards,  Daniels,  and  Dunham,  have 
wrought  valiantly. 

In  the  former  days  the  class  rejoiced  in  an  Historian  and  a  Class 
Committee,  as  well  as  a  Secretary.  Now  all  these  offices  and  functions 
are  merged  in  the  present  chronicler.  An  attempt  has  been  made  in 
these  pages  to  supply  an  existing  need. 

The  Talmud  says:  "  Three  names  are  given  to  a  man:  one  by  his 
parents,  another  by  the  world,  and  the  third  by  his  works." 


Class  Meetings  and  Records 


The  class  of  182 1  met  in  1824,  and  this  is  the  earliest  formal 
reunion  of  any  class  of  which  there  is  any  record.  Since  then 
the  custom  of  holding  a  class  meeting  at  the  end  of  three 
years  after  graduation,  and  then  at  the  end  of  ten  years, 
followed  by  meetings  at  intervals  of  five  years,  has  become 
established.  Since  the  class  of  1845,  there  has  been  but  one 
exception  to  this;  the  first  formal  reunion  of  the  class  of 
1858  was  at  the  end  of  seven  years,  owing  to  the  Civil  War. 

The  first  class  record  published  of  an  academical  class  was  one  of 
twelve  pages  for  the  class  of  1821,  in  1836,  and  it  was  followed  by  two 
more  in  1841  and  1846.  Thirty-six  issued  one  in  1839;  '10,  in  1840; 
'37,  in  1840  and  1847;  '17,  in  1842;  '13  and  '33,  in  1843;  '24>  in  I844; 
'22,  in  1845;  '44.  in  J847;  and  the  class  of  1797,  the  oldest  class  that 
printed  a  record,  issued  one  of  ninety-nine  pages  in  1848.  Beginning 
with  '32,  all  subsequent  classes  have  issued  records.  —  Colonel  Bacon 
of  '58. 

Class  Meetings.  Our  class  has  had  twelve  meetings,  the 
informal  meeting  in  1861  and  the  Bicentennial  included. 
The  undertaking  herewith  is  to  give  some  account  of  each 
meeting,  more  or  less  in  detail,  but  in  all  cases  to  preserve 
the  spirit,  if  not  the  letter,  of  each  meeting,  as  it  has  been 
recorded  by  the  class  secretaries. 

Informal  Meeting  of  1861.  The  members  of  the  class  re- 
siding in  New  Haven  became  convinced  that  there  would 
be  a  goodly  representation  of  the  class  at  Commencement 
time.  Accordingly,  some  preparations  were  made,  and  a 
meeting  called  by  posters  and  other  means,  in  Professor 
Larned's  recitation  room. 

About  thirty  members  presented  themselves,  and  gave 
each  other  hearty  welcome.  Daniels  was  elected  chairman 
of  the  meeting  and  Owen  secretary. 

The  subject  of  a  Class  Committee  was  brought  before  the 
meeting  and  White,  Daniels,  and  Champion  were  selected  as 
such  committee.     Champion  was  also  elected  Class  Secretary. 


io  Class  of  Sixty 

As  Johnson  was  on  the  point  of  leaving,  as  commissary  of 
the  Fifth  Connecticut  Volunteers,  it  was  thought  desirable  to 
present  him  with  some  token  of  our  good  wishes.  He  was, 
therefore,  enticed  from  the  room,  and  it  was  voted  to  give 
him  a  saddle  and  trappings.  On  Johnson's  return,  Holden 
made  the  presentation  in  his  usual  felicitous  style,  and  John- 
son replied,  thanking  the  class  for  their  kindness. 

The  roll  of  absent  members  was  called,  and  those  who  were 
able  gave  information  about  them.  Some  refreshments  were 
then  discovered,  and  after  an  agreeable  hour  or  two  spent 
in  discussing  these  and  other  topics,  the  class  adjourned  at  a 
seasonably  late  hour  of  the  evening. 

The  Triennial  Meeting  was  held  in  President  Woolsey's 
lecture  room,  at  noon  of  July  29,  1863,  for  business  purposes. 
About  forty  were  present;  Daniels  was  chairman.  A  tax  of 
six  dollars  each  was  voted,  to  cover  cost  of  supper  and  other 
class  expenses. 

Walter  Phelps  was  chosen  chairman  for  the  evening,  and 
Furbish  chaplain.  The  name  of  the  Class  Boy,  Oliver  Wendell 
Holmes,  was  announced,  and  cheers  were  given  for  both  the 
boy  and  his  father.  The  Secretary  was  authorized  to  print 
the  Class  Report,  and  it  was  also  voted  to  have  the  Class 
Book  of  Portraits  for  the  college  library  rebound. 

A  committee,  consisting  of  C.  H.  Richards,  Knowlton,  and 
Daniels,  was  appointed  to  draft  and  present  resolutions  rela- 
tive to  deceased  classmates.  This  committee  presented,  and 
the  class  passed,  appropriate  resolutions  concerning  the  death 
of  Hebard,  Arnold,  Johnston,  and  Boies. 

At  9.30  p.  m.,  the  class  met  at  the  same  place  and 
walked  in  procession  to  the  New  Haven  House,  where  supper 
was  served.  There  were  fifty-three  at  supper:  Ball,  E.  R. 
Barnes,  H.  E.  Barnes,  E.  C.  Beach,  Blakesley,  Bristoll,  R.  B. 
Brown,  Bunnell,  Carrier,  Catlin,  Champion,  Colton,  Daniels, 
Denison,  Dunham,  Engs,  Eno,  Fairchild,  Furbish,  Gaul, 
Griffin,  Haight,  Hale,  Hart,  Higgins,  Holden,  Holmes,  Hurl- 
but,  Keese,  Kingsbury,  Knowlton,  Loomis,  McAlpin,  McKay, 
Mason,  Norton,  Owen,  Pennington,  G.  D.  Phelps,  W.  W. 
Phelps,  Rice,  C.  H.  Richards,  Siglar,  Ward,  White,  Willcox, 
Williams,  Worthington,  and  Bunce,  Egleston,  D.  J.  Ogden, 
Park,  and  Wildey.     During  the  supper  the  class  of  1853  passed 


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through  the  room,  headed  by  their  Class  Boy,  bearing  a  banner 
inscribed,  "  Our  oldest  boy."  Near  the  close  of  the  supper 
the  doors  were  thrown  open  and  the  wives,  sisters,  and  other 
friends  of  the  class  were  invited  in,  the  class  rising  and  sing- 
ing "  Gaudeamus." 

Chairman  Phelps,  in  his  address,  said  in  part: 

A  band  of  brothers,  united  after  a  long  separation,  we  will  enjoy 
our  reunion  to  the  full,  and  let  the  sunshine  of  the  meeting  be  dark- 
ened by  no  shadow  of  partings  that  have  been,  or  of  the  parting  that 
to-morrow  must  be.  If  waves  are  surging  without,  they  break  against 
these  walls  and  are  powerless  to  harm  us.  Behind  them  we  sit  to-night 
holding  each  other's  hands,  and  the  noise  of  the  outer  conflict,  of  the 
great  battle  in  which  you  and  I  and  our  fellowmen  are  bearing  parts, 
shall  be  to  us  but  a  pleasant  lullaby,  the  patter  of  the  rain  upon  the 
roof  to  the  dreamy  sleeper  who  is  safe  beneath  its  shelter.  Let 
to-night  be  as  full  of  laughter  as  our  parting  was  of  tears. 

Within  a  stone's  throw  of  where  I  stand  the  moonlight  is  falling 
on  the  spot  where,  three  years  ago,  beneath  the  sunshine,  we  joined 
in  the  exercises  of  the  Presentation  Circle.  Then  no  eye  was  dry, 
and  a  hundred  men  were  not  ashamed  to  weep  together.  There  are 
but  fifty  of  us  here  to-night,  but  the  same  sympathy  that  filled  all 
eyes  with  tears  will  fill  them  now  with  joy.  .  .  .  We  are  here  for  a 
simple  and  familiar  object,  —  to  see  each  other  again;  to  assure  our- 
selves that  time  and  absence  have  not  diminished  the  friendships  of 
our  youth,  and  to  strengthen  ourselves  in  the  thought  that  in  the 
sorrows  we  have  the  sympathy,  in  our  joys  the  congratulations,  of 
all  our  classmates. 

Chairman  Phelps,  then  taking  the  Class  Boy  from  the  arms 
of  his  mother,  seated  him  in  a  little  chair  upon  the  table,  in 
full  view  of  the  company,  and  introduced  him: 

Gentlemen,  the  pleasantest  task  of  the  evening  is  before  us.  We 
are  about  to  enter  upon  the  most  romantic  and  prized  of  all  college 
exercises.  Of  the  hidden  significance  of  this  custom  I  shall  say  noth- 
ing before  this  audience.  I  shall  introduce  to  you  immediately  the 
Boy  of  the  Class,  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  for  whom  you  will  give  three 
cheers. 

Now,  on  this  boy  I  shall  pass  no  encomium,  and  for  the  old  reason,  — 
he  needs  none.  As  for  his  beauty,  his  looks  speak  for  themselves. 
As  for  his  wisdom,  it  is  evident :  he  knoweth  his  own  father. 

Holden  then  presented  the  silver  cup  to  the  Class  Boy : 

Three  years  ago,  my  friends  and  classmates,  our  Alma  Mater  pushed 
us  from  her  generous  lap  and  sent  us  sprawling  upon  the  floor  of  the 
great  world.  Some  of  us  happily  fell  upon  our  feet  and  at  once  were 
ready  to  take  the  places  of  our  various  duties  and  to  perform  them, 


1 2  Class  of  Sixty 

while  others  lay  floundering  without  any  definite  aims  or  substantial 
hopes.  But  all,  by  this  time,  doubtless,  have  found  their  appropriate 
spheres  of  action,  and  many  of  us  have  returned  to  recount  our  trium- 
phant experiences,  or  to  bewail  in  sympathy  our  misfortunes. 

Some  in  mercantile  life  have  become  Pythoness-es  in  pantaloons, 
and  mounted  the  tripod  of  the  counting-room,  on  which,  if  they  do 
not  prophesy,  they  at  least  give  their  attention  to  profits.  Some  have 
made  the  law  their  profession,  and,  without  intending  the  slightest 
disparagement  to  them,  I  may  say  they  have  probably  found  thus 
far  quite  a  discrepancy  between  their  profession  and  their  practice. 
Others,  believing  in  both  the  law  and  the  prophets,  have  taken  to  the 
gospel,  and  some,  indeed,  have  even  "  wagged  their  pows  in  a  pu'pit." 
A  few  in  the  editorial  chair  grasped  the  product  of  the  bird  that 
cackled  before  the  walls  of  Rome,  and  evidently  believed  that  through 
the  same  instrumentality  another  republic  would  be  saved.  Others, 
not  satisfied  with  the  destruction  of  human  life  caused  by  this  civil 
war,  have  graduated  at  our  medical  colleges,  and  compensate  by  an 
abundance  of  faith  for  their  lack  of  patients  —  the  only  compensation 
they  at  present  expect.  Many  others,  to  their  everlasting  honor  be 
it  spoken,  have  been  hammered  into  a  nobler  manhood  by  the  iron 
arm  of  war,  and  some,  also,  have  been  crushed  beneath  its  ponderous 
blows.  .  .  .  But  more  particularly  are  we  assembled  here  to-night  to 
bear  testimony  to  our  affection  toward  you,  my  friend,  and  give 
expression  to  our  gratitude  for  the  honor  you  have  conferred  upon  us; 
although  when  we  separated  we  could  not  predict  who  would  be  so 
gracious  as  to  grant  us  this  boon,  we  did  have  a  complete  assurance 
that  wheresoever  and  by  whomsoever  a  boy  belonging  to  this  class  was 
brought  into  the  world,  the  world  would  reciprocate  the  favor  by  the 
most  remarkable  demonstrations  of  its  appreciation.  Such  proves  to 
have  been  the  case;  for  scarcely  was  the  announcement  made  —  on  the 
Fourth  of  July,  1861 — that  the  firstborn  of  the  Class  of  '60  had 
graced  this  planet  with  his  presence,  than  the  bells  of  all  the  church 
spires  from  Maine  to  California  rang  out  their  gladness.  ...  A  new 
significance  was  added  to  the  national  flag  as  it  floated  in  the  breeze, 
and  the  father  sang  to  the  child,  with  its  new  meaning,  the  nursery 
legend  of  "  The  Baby  Bunting."  "  Night  dropped  down  the  sky," 
when  rockets  and  wheels,  blue  lights  and  serpents,  sulphurous  stars, 
and  gunpowder  moons  lit  up  the  firmament  in  honor  of  the  boy;  and 
so  soothing  and  pleasant  were  his  juvenile  pyrotechnical  impressions 
that  one  has  but  to  say  "  rocket  "  in  connection  with  his  cradle,  when 
he  soon  sinks  into  peaceful  slumber. 

And  now,  as  the  sponsorial  representative  of  more  than  one  hundred 
godfathers,  allow  me  to  indulge  in  a  few  words  of  modest  panegyric 
upon  their  foster  child.  He  is  no  ordinary  boy.  In  fact,  I  know  of 
but  one  thing  in  the  world  more  extraordinary,  and  that  is,  that  any 
baby  belonging  to  the  Class  of  i860  should  be  an  ordinary  child;  there- 
fore, I  say  it  without  hesitation,  I  say  it  boldly,  I  say  it  candidly,  that 
literally  and  metaphorically,  both  in  virtue  of  priority  of  birth  and  in 


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virtue  of  his  inherent  genius,  he  is  a  first  class  boy;  and  that  although 
his  stature  is  small  and  his  mental  vision  at  present  of  limited  extent, 
yet  in  comparison  with  other  youths  of  his  age  he  stands  "  a  giant 
among  pygmies,  a  one-eyed  monarch  of  the  blind." 

Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  —  Your  baptismal  appellation  has  imposed 
upon  you  a  fearful  responsibility.  Perpetual  humor  must  be  your  lot , 
and  unbroken  fun  is  incumbent  upon  you.  You  are  the  representa- 
tive of  a  dynasty  of  jokers,  and,  although  you  may  never  become  an 
"  autocrat,"  to  be  clothed  in  purple  and  fine  linen,  yet  be  it  your 
care  that  all  shall  say,  "  There  is  wit  in  Holmespun!  "  You  need  a 
motto  in  life.  Allow  me  to  recommend  the  one  which  the  poet  has 
immortalized,  "Excelsior";  for  it  was,  I  believe,  in  a  spirit  of 
prophecy,  never  fulfilled  until  now,  that  the  poem  was  written,  as  in 
it  he  tells  us  concerning  his  hero,  that, 

11  By  happy  Ho(l)mes  he  saw  the  light." 

This  gift  to  you  will  be,  besides,  a  valuable  evidence  in  determining 
your  legitimacy  as  a  Class  Boy;  for,  as  the  lineaments  of  the  counte- 
nance betoken  the  claims  of  their  possessor  to  his  real  parentage,  so, 
should  any  one  dispute  your  right  to  be  considered  as  the  child  of  the 
Class  of  i860,  you  will  only  have  to  show  your  "  mug  "  triumphantly 
to  refute  them. 

Take,  then,  this  goblet,  and  with  it  our  heartfelt  prayer  that  until 
the  golden  bowl  is  broken,  the  generous  wine  of  our  love  for  you,  your 
parents,  and  for  each  other,  shall  forever  give  its  color  in  the  cup. 

Holmes  then  briefly  thanked  the  class  for  the  gift,  on  behalf 
of  the  boy,  his  wife,  and  himself. 

"  The  Cup  Song,"  by  C.  H.  Richards,  was  then  sung,  to  the 
air,  "  A  Little  More  Cider." 

Come,  boys,  and  raise  a  rousing  song, 

And  ring  the  chorus  out. 
And  strain  your  ancient  diaphragms 

In  one  tremendous  shout. 
For  yonder  Holmes  in  glory  comes, 

His  face  lit  up  with  joy, 
And  brings  with  him  a  youngster  trim, 

Our  '6o's  eldest  boy. 

Chorus 
Then  hail,  thou  favored  lad! 
The  noblest  to  be  had, 
We  pledge  you  here  with  right  good  cheer, 
And  give  you  greeting  glad. 

Your  patriot  soul  would  not  let  you 

Some  vulgar  day  be  born  in, 
So  you  and  July  Fourth  came  on 

The  same  illustrious  morning. 


14  Class  of  Sixty 

Since  you  were  smart  and  got  the  start 

Of  every  other  "  pup," 
Roll  up  your  eyes,  and  take  the  prize; 

We  crown  you  with  the  cup. 

Chorus 
Then  clap  and  crow,  and  sing; 
The  silver  cup  we  bring; 
Who  wins  the  race  with  such  good  grace 
Shall  be  of  babes  the  king.  * 

And  when  with  Sixty's  Oliver 

All  over  it  shall  be, 
When  you  shall  fix  to  cross  the  Styx 

And  take  your  last  degree, 
If  this  desire  your  heart  shall  fire 

That  one  more  cup  be  quaffed, 
Then  pour  the  last  libation  out, 

And  don't  "  resist  the  draught." 

Chorus 
But  till  that  day  shall  roll 
Its  summons  to  your  soul, 
Omit  the  "  sticks  "  whene'er  you  mix 
Your  bitters  in  the  bowl. 

Three  years  ago  a  Bachelor's 

Estate  we  longed  for  then, 
But  now  these  same  "  Hi  juvenes". 

Are  yielding  to  Hy-men. 
Now  all  the  couples  in  the  class 

This  cup'll  couple  stronger, 
And  all  the  rest  will  vow  they  will 

Be  Bachelors  no  longer. 

Chorus 

Then  ring  the  cups  around, 

There's  music  in  the  sound, 

No  maids,  they  say,  can  answer  nay, 

When  '6o's  on  the  ground. 

After  this  song  had  been  sung  the  doors  were  again  closed 
and  the  more  intimate  speaking  and  other  exercises  of  the 
evening  began.  Songs  were  sung;  regular  toasts  were  pro- 
posed and  responded  to  by  Dunham,  Daniels,  Gaul,  Bunnell, 
Higgins,  H.  E.  Barnes,  Ball,  and  Park.  It  was  voted  to  meet 
again  in  three  years,  and  as  daylight  dawned,  the  class 
adjourned  to  the  ivy  and  sang  our  "  Parting  Song,"  by 
Champion. 


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i  ass  Meetings  and  Records  15 

.£  AIR  —  "Good  bye" 

-£  net  to  part,  but  it  cheers  the  heart 

-^  re  we  have  met  again, 

6^  leartier  grasp  and  the  stronger  clasp 

^S,^  ds  that  have  grown  to  men. 

6U  "ought  in  the  battle  of  life, 

ve  bravely  met  the  foe, 
opes  that  were  dreams  three  years  ago 
Past,  that  we  talk  of  now. 

brief  years,  the  wonderful  years, 
of  the  bright  and  gay, 
,  brief  years,  the  sorrowful  years, 
aken  our  friends  for  aye. 
x  ui  ^.i.  w.ose  whom  we  met  before, 

When  planting  our  ivy  here, 
Some  happy  faces  we  see  no  more,  — 
Faces  we  held  so  dear. 

We  said  farewell,  but  we  could  not  tell 

The  meaning  of  all  we  said; 
They  do  not  return  and  we  silently  mourn 

For  the  brave  and  loved,  —  the  dead. 
And  again  we  say  good  bye ; 

Each  brother  we  bid  good  bye; 
Old  Yale,  may  our  ivy  grow  green  on  thee, 

We  bid  thee  again  —  Good  bye. 

At  noon  of  Thursday,  the  class  met  again  in  President 
Woolsey's  lecture  room,  in  the  old  Lyceum,  to  transact  some 
business,  and  there  was  a  prayer  meeting  in  the  afternoon. 
It  was  voted  at  that  time  that  this  should  be  a  permanent 
feature  of  our  class  meetings. 

The  thanks  of  the  class  were  voted  to  Secretary  Champion, 
and  to  the  Class  Committee,  White,  Daniels,  and  Champion, 
for  their  services. 

The  Sexennial  Meeting  was  held  at  the  Tremont  House, 
Wednesday  evening,  July  25,  1866.  Thirty,  in  all,  sat  down 
to  supper:  Beers,  Blakesley,  W.  E.  Bradley,  W.  L.  Bradley, 
Bristoll,  R.  B.  Brown,  T.  H.  Brown,  Bunnell,  Dutton,  Elder, 
Fairchild,  Foster,  Fowler,  Gaul,  Hall,  Hurlbut,  Johnson, 
Knowlton,  Loomis,  Marsh,  Marshall,  Mason,  Morris,  Owen, 
W.  W.  Phelps,  Siglar,  Starr,  White,  Willson,  and  Woodruff. 

Mason  was  president  of  the  evening.  Toasts  were  offered 
and  responded  to.     It  was  remarked  that  the  six  years  that 


1 6  Class  of  Sixty 

had  passed  since  graduation  had  but  slightly  changed  the 
personal  appearance  of  those  present.  Of  our  original  number 
eleven  had  already  died:  Hebard,  Johnston,  Arnold,  Boies, 
Howe,  Ogden,  Schneider,  Carrier,  Martin,  Camp,  and  Seely. 

Forty -one  of  the  class  then  living  had  married,  and  eleven 
of  these  had  married  New  Haven  girls.  There  had  been 
twenty -nine  births. 

W.  L.  Bradley  was  Class  Secretary  at  this  time.  A  vote 
of  thanks  was  given  to  a  class  committee;  the  names  of  its 
members  do  not  appear.  Whether  there  was  any  other  meet- 
ing beside  the  class  supper,  either  for  business  or  for  prayer, 
no  record  is  found.  It  was  voted  to  meet  again  in  1870,  and 
the  class  separated  in  a  happy  frame  of  mind. 

The  Decennial  Meeting.  It  is  a  fair  inference  from  the 
record  that  this  meeting  was  held  Wednesday,  July  20,  1870. 
A  large  attendance  was  anticipated  by  reason  of  the  interested 
and  spirited  replies  received  from  classmates.  Already 
changes  in  personal  appearance  had  become  so  manifest  that 
those  who  had  not  met  for  ten  years  were  far  from  sure  of 
each  other's  identity.  "  But  there  were  the  same  pleasant 
countenances  as  of  old,  and  the  same  cordiality  of  manner." 
A  business  meeting  was  held  at  twelve  o'clock,  in  the  south 
front  room,  second  story,  of  the  Lyceum;  about  twenty  were 
present.     Knowlton  was  made  chairman. 

The  Class  Secretary  read  a  report  of  the  Sexennial  Meeting 
and  of  the  expenditure  of  money  contributed  on  that  occasion. 
Catlin  was  chosen  Class  Historian,  and  was  instructed  to 
reprint  so  much  of  the  Triennial  Record  as  pertained  to  the 
personal  history  of  the  class;  to  defray  the  expense  of  such 
publication  he  was  authorized  to  collect  from  each  member 
a  sum  not  exceeding  two  dollars. 

W.  L.  Bradley  was  re-elected  Class  Secretary.  W.  L. 
Bradley,  White,  W.  W.  Phelps,  Mason,  and  Catlin  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  look  after  the  general  interests  of 
the  class.  W.  W.  Phelps  was  chosen  to  preside  at  the  supper 
at  the  New  Haven  House  at  eight  o'clock  in  the  evening. 

At  5.30  p.  m.,  thirteen  of  the  class  met  in  the  same  upper 
room  of  the  Lyceum,  and  passed  an  hour  in  prayer,  the 
singing  of  hymns,  and  the  narration  of  personal  religious 
experiences. 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  17 

There  gathered  at  the  supper,  H.  E.  Barnes,  Blakesley, 
W.  L.  Bradley,  Bristoll,  Bunnell,  Catlin,  Colton,  Dunham, 
Elder,  Eno,  Foster,  Furbish,  Gaul,  G.  N.Greene,  Griffin,  Haight, 
Hart,  Hawley,  Higgins,  Johnson,  Keese,  Knowlton,  Loomis, 
McAlpin,  Marshall,  Morris,  Owen,  G.  D.  Phelps,  W.  W. 
Phelps,  Post,  E.  L.  Richards,  Siglar,  Taintor,  Wheeler,  Will- 
cox,  Williams,  Worthington,  and  Young,  besides  Bunce, 
Ogden,  and  Woodruff, — forty -one  in  all. 

The  feast  was  begun  with  an  invocation  by  Dunham,  and 
closed  by  the  singing  of  "  Gaudeamus."  Chairman  Phelps 
called  out  the  toasting  and  speech-making  capabilities  of 
those  present  by  his  witty  and  pointed  personalities.  All 
the  toasts  were  drank  enthusiastically  in  cold  water.  Owen 
and  Catlin  spoke  in  response  to  toasts  to  "  Alma  Mater," 
and  the  "  Class  of  '60."  It  was  voted  that  Catlin's  poem, 
"  The  Class  of  '60,"  be  published  in  the  Class  History. 

Griffin  responded  to  the  toast,  "  Our  Deceased  Classmates," 
in  part  as  follows : 

My  Classmates,  —  As  we  review  to-night  the  starred  names  of 
seventeen  of  our  number  who  left  these  college  halls  ten  years  ago  with 
as  good  promise  of  long  life  as  any  one  of  us  then  had,  how  forcibly 
are  we  reminded  of  the  words  that  constitute  the  second  stanza  of 
old  "Gaudeamus  ": 

"  Vita  nostra  brevis  est, 
Brevi  finietur; 
Venit  mors  velociter 
Rapit  nos  atrociter 
Nomini  parcetur." 

Truly,  "  death  is  no  respecter  of  persons,"  it  spares  none,  not  even 
the  best,  the  bravest,  the  strongest. 

In  rising  to  respond  to  this  toast,  I  cannot  help  feeling  that  a  deep, 
impressive  silence  would  be  more  appropriate  than  any  words  of 
human  utterance.  But  at  the  same  time,  I  esteem  it  a  privilege  to 
stand  here  and  testify  to  the  deep  and  affectionate  esteem  in  which 
we  all  held  those  dear  classmates  who  are  not,  for  God  has  taken  them. 
Let  me  rehearse  their  names  in  your  hearing  as  they  occur  in  alpha- 
betical arrangement,  for  I  have  not  at  command  the  order  of  time  in 
which  they  died:  Arnold,  Boies,  T.  H.  Brown,  Carrier,  Camp,  Cham- 
pion, Hall,  Hebard,  Howe,  Johnston,  Martin,  F.  C.  Ogden,  Parsons, 
C.  H.  Smith,  Schneider,  Seely,  and  Way. 

All  good  men  and  true!  We  weave  the  chaplets  of  affection  for 
the  graves  of  our  noble  dead;  we  embalm  their  memory  and  enshrine 
their  virtues  in  our  heart  of  hearts.  "  Manly  and  gentle,  pure  and 
noble  hearted,  sweet  were  their  lives  of  peaceful  youth  and  beauty." 


1 8  Class  of  Sixty 

Though  gone  from  us  we  feel  they  still  belong  to  us.  Though 
absent  in  body,  we  cannot  doubt  they  are  present  with  us  in  spirit, 
as  we  have  assembled  in  this  delightful  decennial  reunion  of  our  noble 
class.  Especially  near  may  we  realize  them  during  these  passing 
moments  which  we  are  now  spending  in  tender  reminiscence  and 
grateful  contemplation  of  the  happy  hours  we  have  enjoyed  with 
them  in  the  days  of  Auld  Lang  Syne.  I  seem  to  hear  a  voice  from  the 
open  heavens  saying  unto  me:  "Write,  Blessed  are  the  dead  which 
die  in  the  Lord  from  henceforth:  Yea,  saith  the  Spirit,  that  they 
may  rest  from  their  labours,  and  their  works  do  follow  them." 

Answering  for  "  The  Wives  of  '60,"  Dunham  announced 
that  fifty -six  of  the  class  had  consoled  themselves  with  wives ; 
and  then  turning  to  the  unfortunate  bachelors,  he  spoke 
words  of  commiseration  and  exhorted  them  to  mend  their 
ways.  At  the  close  of  his  remarks,  he  gave  notice  that  he 
would  be  in  town  the  next  morning,  prepared  to  join  in 
marriage  any  who  should  be  so  minded. 

"  The  Bachelors  of  the  Class  "  found  a  champion  in  Gaul. 
The  toasts  to  "  The  Lawyers,"  "  The  Physicians,"  and  "  The 
Ministers  "  were  appropriately  responded  to,  respectively, 
by  Bunnell,  Colton,  and  Blakesley. 

"  The  Press "  was  toasted  by  Morris.  As  a  "  carpet- 
bagger," he  was  seeking  the  radical  cure  of  Charleston,  S.  C, 
with  the  satisfaction  which  usually  follows  intervening  time 
and  distance  he  related  how  he  had  suffered  perils  by  bullets, 
and  perils  of  various  kinds,  but  how  he  was,  through  pluck 
and  courage,  victorious  over  them  all. 

At  intervals  were  sung  "  Co-ca-che-lunk,"  "  Vive  V- 
Atnour,"  and  the  following  song  by  Catlin,  revised  from  the 
Triennial  program: 

AIR  —  "A  Little  More  Cider  " 
Well,  here  we  are  again,  my  boys, 

All  gathered  here  together, 
Tho'  fortune's  waves  had  scattered  us 

"  Like  leaves  in  wintry  weather  "; 
But  then,  you  know,  "  affinities 

And  mutual  attraction  " 

Are  just  as  potent  here  as  in 

"A  chemical  reaction." 

Chorus 
Then  fill  your  glasses  high, 
Fling  all  your  troubles  by; 
Old  '6o's  fame  of  jolly  name 
For  us  can  never  die. 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  19 

But  "  who  are  these  in  bright  array," 

These  fair  new  forms  and  faces, 
With  joyous  laugh  and  sparkling  eye, 

Adorned  with  woman's  graces? 
It's  just  as  well  to  tell  the  truth: 

These  forms  and  faces  comely, 
Since  College  laws  forbid  to  wed, 

Have  joined  us  as  Alumni. 

Chorus.  —  Then  fill  your  glasses  high,  etc. 

And  see  the  children:  bless  their  hearts; 

And  hear  their  footsteps  patter. 
Why!  '6o's  growing  old,  my  boys, 

And  that's  just  what's  the  matter. 
It  seems  but  yesterday  this  scene 

As  tender  Freshmen  found  us, 
Yet  now,  young  Freshmen  of  our  own 

Are  growing  up  around  us. 

Chorus.  —  Then  fill  your  glasses  high,  etc. 

But  while  we  pass  the  jovial  bowl, 

And  glass  to  glass  is  kissing: 
Ah!  sad  the  thought,  we  call  the  roll, 

And  many  more  are  missing. 
Alas,  how  many  that  we've  loved, 

Have  left  us  and  forever. 
So,  yearly,  grim  death  stealeth  in, 

Our  ranks  anew  to  sever. 

Chorus. 
Then  let  the  heartfelt  tear 
Fall  silent  on  the  bier, 
As  we  call  them,  one  and  all, 
Those  absent  brothers  dear. 

But  ere  the  tie  which  binds  to-night 

For  years  is  cast  asunder, 
Let's  have  a  rousing  carnival, 

And  send  "  black  care  "  to  thunder. 
Then  shout  as  loud  as  e'er  you  can, 

"  Prex.,  Had.,  and  Tommy  "  scorning, 
The  monitors  locked  in  —  we'll  all 

Sleep  over  in  the  morning. 

Chorus.  —  Then  fill  your  glasses  high,  etc. 

The  remainder  of  the  evening,  or  morning,  was  passed  in 
the  narration  of  personal  history,  reading  of  letters  from 
absentees,  and  obituary  notices  of  deceased  members. 


20  Class  of  Sixty 

It  was  voted  to  meet  again  in  1875,  and  a  vote  of  thanks 
was  tendered  to  Class  Secretary  Bradley  for  the  able  manner 
in  which  he  had  discharged  his  duties,  and  for  the  valuable 
and  unselfish  services  rendered  by  him  in  the  past  four  years. 

The  exercises  were  closed  about  3  a.  m.  by  singing 
Champion's  "  Parting  Song,"  to  be  found  on  page  15.  The 
fact  that  our  ivy  was  growing  luxuriantly  in  1870  was  noted. 
If  it  survives  the  rebuilding  of  the  library  some  of  us,  in  19 10, 
will  gather  around  the  slip  from  the  original  planting  which 
Mrs.  Champion  has  saved  and  nourished  for  us. 

THE  CLASS  OF  SIXTY 

CATLIN'S    DECENNIAL    POEM 

One  day,  some  fifteen  years  or  so  ago, 

Great  Jove,  his  court  in  high  Olympus  holding, 

Sat  throned  in  state,  expounding  and  unfolding 

His  edicts,  while  around  him,  in  a  row, 

Ranged  all  the  pet  divinities:  Minerva, 

Old  Bacchus,  Vulcan  with  his  sooty  fervor, 

Juno  the  bull's-eyed,  rosy  featured  Venus, 

Diana,  Mercury  (velox  amoenus), 

Apollo,  little  mischief-making  Cupid, 

And  all.     "  Non  est  negandum  quin,"  'twas  stupid, 

And  very  prosy.     As  they  sat  and  listened, 

First  Venus  yawned,  then  Bacchus'  eye-balls  glistened, 

And  off  he  went  for  "  medicum  Sabinum  "; 

Diana  nodded,  Vulcan  snored  sonorous; 

In  short,  they  all  agreed  'twas  sadly  bonis; 

And  Zeus  had  just  made  up  his  mind  to  fine  'em 

And  let  them  go,  when  lo!  there  came  a  rapping, 

So  loud  and  long  that  Vulcan  woke  from  napping. 

Venus  sat  up,  Diana  ceased  to  nod, 

And  tipsy  Bacchus  hid  away  his  tod. 

"  Who's  there  ?  "  the  cloud-compeller  shouted  madly, 

"  Who's  there  ?  "  he  shouted  once  and  twice  again. 

The  answer  came,  each  time  distinct  and  plain, 

"  A  special  message  from  Professor  Hadley." 

The  entire  assemblage  shuddered  with  dismay, 

At  mention  of  that  great,  that  horrid  name, 

Which  Trojan  matrons  long  had  used  to  tame 

The  froward  child,  when  prone  to  disobey. 

"  What  can  he  want?  Why  sends  he  here  ?  "  they  muttered. 

"  He  knows  the  side  on  which  his  bread  is  buttered, 

And  surely  will  not  dare  offend  our  master." 

Meanwhile,  with  visage  blanched  to  alabaster, 

Enter  the  messenger,  a  timid  tutor, 

With  hungry  mien,  a  regular  Greek-rooter. 


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He  seemed  familiar,  though,  with  each  one  present; 

Nodded  to  Venus,  patted  Juno's  pheasant, 

Shook  hands  with  Bacchus,  Vulcan,  and  the  others  — 

In  short,  was  as  one  of  their  foster  brothers. 

Then,  turning  to  great  Jove,  bowed  low  his  head, 

And  thus,  in  good  dactylic  accents,  said: 

"  Great  thunder  scatterer,  old  Jersey  Lightening, 

With  thy  far-reaching  rays  all  nature  brightening; 

Most  august  sovereign,  potentate,  and  king, 

Incline  your  ear  to  this  complaint  I  bring, 

From  one  who,  year  on  year,  dispenses  knowledge 

Of  your  great  self  to  Freshmen  in  Yale  College. 

He  bids  me  come  in  his  behalf,  deploring 

The  fact  that,  notwithstanding  all  his  boring, 

The  last  half  score  or  so  of  Freshman  classes 

Have  turned  out  most  unconscionable  asses. 

Sixty,  the  next,  will  be  as  bad,  I  fear, 

Unless,  O  king,  you  lend  your  gracious  ear, 

And  give  the  subject  most  profound  attention; 

Nay,  more,  perchance  your  royal  intervention." 

To  him  replying  thus  the  Father  spoke, 

While  thunders  loud  the  Olympian  echoes  woke: 

"  What!  can  it  be,  that,  spite  of  all  this  training, 
They  flunk  and  fizzle  still?     This  needs  explaining. 
These  impious  Freshmen,  frivolous  and  ruddy, 
Somehow  or  other  must  be  taught  to  study; 
They  need  some  penalty  —  they  need  it  sadly. 
Go,  give  my  greeting  to  Professor  Hadley, 
And  tell  him  that  this  coming  class  of  Freshmen 

Shall  be  as  model  and  precise  as  chessmen." 

Away  the  tutor  sped.     Jove,  for  a  second, 

Sat  pond'ring,  scratched  his  royal  pate,  then  beckoned 

To  Mercury,  who,  ever  wont  to  heed 

His  master's  mandate,  came  with  winged  speed. 

"  Go  forth,"  cried  Jove,  "  to  every  clime  and  nation; 

In  each  promulgate  this  my  proclamation; 

Proclaim  it  far  and  near  that  I've  commanded 

Such  Freshman  class  shall  be  together  banded 

As  ne'er  before,  from  widely  scattered  realms, 

Assembled  under  those  Yalensian  elms; 

And  mark!  wher'er  you  find  a  noble  youth, 

Most  excellent  in  learning  and  in  truth, 

To  him  this  mild  but  firm  behest  make  known: 

'The  Class  of  '60  claims  him  for  its  own.'  " 

Thus  saying,  he  declared  the  meeting  ended, 

Took  off  his  specs,  and  from  his  throne  descended; 

While  Mercury  profound  obeisance  made, 

And  sped  away  to  do  as  Jove  had  said. 


22  Class  of  Sixty 

Far  and  near  the  search  he  carried; 

Nowhere  lingered,  nowhere  tarried; 

Up  and  down,  to  town  and  city; 

By  the  sea,  to  hamlets  pretty ; 

To  the  distant  isles  of  ocean  — 

Aintab,  Hilo,  Keeseville,  Goshen, 

Plantsville,  Smyrna,  Warsaw,  Guilford, 

Old  Mandamus,  Clyde,  New  Milford, 

Cincinnati,  Hartford,  Holden, 

And  to  California  golden; 

Storm  and  sun  and  peril  breasting; 

Never  weary,  never  resting, 

Sped  the  god,  with  footsteps  willing, 

Jove's  august  command  fulfilling. 

And  so  it  came  that  one  September  day, 

When  autumn  skies  were  hazy,  soft,  and  mellow, 

When  falling  leaves  were  rustling  to  decay, 
And  summer's  green  was  fading  into  yellow, 

Yon  college  chime  rang  out  its  peal  of  welcome, 

And  told  the  good  old  story  o'er  again  — 
How  classes  came  and  went,  and  classes  shall  come, 
"  So  long  as  Yale  and  grateful  minds  remain." 

Ah!  need  that  four-year  story  be  repeated? 

No,  in  each  heart  its  moral  is  impressed, 
That  tale  of  ends  achieved,  of  hopes  defeated, 

Could  time  or  gilded  memory  give  it  zest? 

Yet  we  may  pause  a  moment,  recollecting 
The  many,  many  things  we  could  have  done, 

Yet  did  not;  still  another  in  reflecting 

How  many  things  were  better  left  undone. 

Well,  good  or  evil,  all  went  sweeping  o'er  us; 

Those  four  bright  years  were  all  too  quickly  passed 
When,  standing  on  life's  brink,  we  looked  before  us 

And  saw  the  sea,  the  open  sea  at  last. 

We  launched  our  shallops,  all  so  deeply  laden 
With  hopes  and  fears,  upon  those  sunlit  waves, 

Each  steering  toward  the  distant  longed-for  Aiden 
Whose  shores  the  sea  of  youthful  fancy  laves. 

Oh!  have  we  yet  that  haven  reached,  my  brothers? 

We,  who,  for  ten  long  years,  have  journeyed  on 
Through  storm  and  sunshine,  while  so  many  others, 

As  full  of  hope  as  we,  alas!  have  gone? 

Is  not  the  light  of  riper  days  dispelling 
The  wild,  unreal  visions  of  our  youth? 

Is  not  a  kind  experience  daily  telling 

The  difference  'twixt  the  Mirage  and  the  Truth? 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  23 

Where  have  we  been  since  last  we  met? 
What  have  we  done  we'd  fain  forget? 
How  many  vows  have  we  kept  or  broken? 
How  many  good  words  have  we  spoken? 
Whom  have  we  succored  in  distress? 
Ah!  could  each  heart  its  tale  confess, 
What  would  the  long,  long  record  say 
For  each  of  us  as  we  come  to-day, 
Here  to  renew  the  olden  joys 
That  we  knew  so  often  when  we  were  boys? 

Let  each  heart  answer.     But  this  we  know, 
That  each  face  to-night  is  all  aglow 
With  memories  happy,  of  times  gone  by  — 
Those  dear  old  times  —  that  can  never  die. 

Quindecennial  Meeting.  On  Wednesday,  June  30,  1875, 
at  12  m.,  eleven  of  the  class  assembled  in  the  second  story, 
south  front  room,  of  the  Lyceum.  The  meeting  was  called 
to  order  by  the  Secretary,  after  which  Mason  was  appointed 
chairman.  The  Secretary  gave  a  report  of  receipts  and 
expenditures  during  the  past  five  years;  he  stated  that  all 
miscellaneous  expenses  having  been  paid,  the  only  expense 
attending  the  Quindecennial  Meeting  would  be  the  supper 
in  the  evening.  Gaul  was  unanimously  chosen  president  of 
the  Quindecennial  Meeting.  The  old  committee  were  re- 
elected, with  W.  L.  Bradley  as  Class  Secretary. 

At  6  p.  m.  a  few  members  of  the  class  met  in  the  aforemen- 
tioned room  of  the  Lyceum,  and  enjoyed  a  brief  season  of 
social  worship,  Barnes  conducting  the  service. 

At  8  o'clock  p.  if.  twenty-two  members  of  the  class,  viz., 
H.  E.  Barnes,  R.  B.  Brown,  Bunce,  Catlin,  Colton,  Gaul, 
Griffin,  Haight,  Hart,  Higgins,  Keese,  Kingsbury,  Knowlton, 
McKay,  Marsh,  Marshall,  Mason,  Owen,  W.  W.  Phelps,  Post, 
Siglar,  and  Ward,  sat  down  to  the  class  dinner  at  Redcliffe's, 
Gaul  presiding  as  Magister  Epuli,  and  Catlin  acting  as  Secre- 
tary in  the  absence  of  the  Class  Secretary,  W.  L.  Bradley, 
who  was  prevented,  by  the  recent  loss  of  his  father,  from  par- 
ticipating in  the  festivities  of  the  evening. 

After  a  blessing  had  been  asked  by  Higgins,  a  bountiful  and 
luxurious  repast  was  partaken  of,  and  the  regular  toasts  of  the 
evening  were  then  in  order,  being  prefaced  by  two  stanzas  from 
good  old  "  Gaudeamus."  The  presiding  officer  in  a  neat  speech 
welcomed  his  classmates  back  to  their  whilom  scenes  of  labor 


24  Class  of  Sixty 

and  jollity,  and  announced  the  first  regular  toast  of  the  even- 
ing, "  Alma  Mater,"  which  was  eloquently  responded  to  by 
Mason,  who  spoke  touchingly  of  the  ties  which  bound  Yale 
men  together  wherever  congregated,  and  alluded  with  pride 
to  the  strength  and  influence  of  the  Yale  Alumni  Association 
in  his  own  city,  Chicago.  The  song  "  Alma  Mater  "  was  then 
sung  by  the  class,  with  all  the  wonted  gusto  of  yore,  after 
which  the  chairman  called  upon  William  Walter  Phelps  to 
respond  to  the  second  regular  toast,  "  Yale  Influence  in 
National  Legislation. ' '  Phelps's  remarks  were  in  a  happy  vein 
of  mingled  humor  and  earnestness,  and  elicited  frequent 
applause  from  his  classmates.  The  third  toast,  "  The  Class 
of  '60,"  called  to  his  feet  Owen,  who,  after  a  few  happy  re- 
marks, produced  from  his  coat  pocket  a  mysterious  article 
carefully  wrapped  in  paper.  Upon  unfolding  the  contents 
he  turned  to  his  next  seat-mate,  Marsh,  and  with  a  flourish 
of  oratorical  trumpets,  presented  him  with  a  fossil  discovery, 
which  he  claimed  was  nothing  less  than  a  portion  of  the  shoe 
of  the  learned  professor's  pre-Adamite  horse.  The  professor 
took  it,  put  on  his  glasses,  inspected  it,  and  in  a  moment 
remarked  that,  while  he  doubted  that  fact,  he  would  yet 
admit  that  the  relic  was  a  curious  one,  and  was  probably,  he 
should  say,  a  piece  of  the  pothook  on  which  Pocahontas  had 
hung  her  teakettle.  Having  once  taken  the  floor,  Marsh  was 
not  readily  allowed  to  resume  his  seat.  In  response  to  an 
invitation  from  his  classmates  he  gave  them  a  delightfully 
interesting  description  of  his  recent  adventures  in  the  Sioux 
country,  including  his  feast  to  Red  Cloud,  his  venturesome 
escape  by  night  through  the  Indian  encampment,  and  his 
wonderful  discoveries  of  fossil  remains  in  the  Mauvaises 
Terres.  To  all  this  his  hearers  listened  with  pride  and  delight, 
and  testified  their  satisfaction  by  deafening  applause  when  at 
last  the  professor  was  allowed  to  sit  down,  but  with  an  appoint- 
ment to  meet  the  class  next  morning  at  the  Peabody  Museum, 
and  show  them  the  result  of  his  discoveries. 

The  class  statistics  were  then  read  by  the  Secretary  pro 
tem.,  after  which  the  toast  "  The  Pulpit  "  was  responded  to  by 
H.  E.  Barnes,  who  sketched  in  a  graphic  manner  the  work 
that  had  been  and  was  still  being  done,  in  various  quarters  of 
the  land,  by  the  ministers  of  the  class.  Colton  responded  for 
"  The  Doctors,"  ably  defending  that  much-abused  profession 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  25 

against  the  many  erroneous  popular  impressions  held  regard- 
ing it.  "  The  Bar  "  was  responded  to  by  Post,  who,  seated 
on  a  table,  with  his  feet  on  the  chair  before  him,  opened  court 
in  western  style  then  and  there,  and,  after  bringing  down  the 
house  by  his  flow  of  humorous  rhetoric,  wound  up  with  a 
touch  of  pathos  which  all  but  set  his  hearers'  tears  flowing, 
and  rendered  imperative  a  resort  to  the  lively  verses  of  "  Co- 
ca-che-lunk,"  which  followed.  "  The  Press  "  was  responded 
to  by  Catlin,  who  sketched  the  careers  of  various  classmates  in 
the  field  of  journalism,  and  the  "  Bachelors  of  Sixty  "  by  Gaul 
and  Haight,  who  defended  their  cheerless  position  in  the  most 
defiant  and  daring  strain.  To  "  The  Wives  and  Children  of 
'6o  "  Griffin  presented  a  glowing  tribute  in  verse,  of  such 
merit  that  the  class  authorized  its  publication  herewith. 

YALE  18604875 

Classmates,  convened  from  far  and  near, 
With  joy  extreme,  I  meet  you  here, 
And  on  this  jolly  Quindecennial 
I  wish  you  happiness  perennial. 

Our  Secretary,  blithe  and  bland, 
Took  me,  awhile  since,  by  the  hand, 
And  with  his  genial,  winsome  smile 
Did  my  simplicity  beguile, 
To  this  extent,  that  I  rehearse, 
As  optional,  in  prose  or  verse, 
The  glories  of  this  mighty  theme 
Which  shine  with  purest  ray  serene. 

"  Our  wives  and  '60  Junior!  "  Oh! 

Expression's  force  falls  far  below 

The  requisitions  of  the  time, 

That  call  for  grand  and  glorious  rhyme. 

Come,  then,  my  muse,  if  I  have  one, 

Help  me  sing  in  sweetest  tone, 

Worthy  paeans  to  our  wives, 

Dearest  charmers  of  our  lives; 

And  the  children!  bless  their  souls, 

When  the  wave  of  trouble  rolls 

Heavy  o'er  life's  stormy  main, 

By  their  smiles  bring  peace  again. 

Woe  to  the  bachelors  of  our  class! 

We  can't  in  justice  let  them  pass 

Without  the  briefest  possible  mention. 

Though  they  seem  hopeless  and  past  redemption: 


26  Class  of  Sixty 

In  compassion  to  them  we  forbear 
(Only  their  tender  feelings  to  spare) 
Descanting  at  length  upon  the  joys 
Surrounding  a  father  of  girls  and  boys. 

Here  we  note  a  single  exception 

To  this  disparaging  reflection, 

By  speaking  a  word  in  favor 

Of  Professor  Marsh,  the  savor 

Of  whose  influence  has  shed  glory 

By  his  research  into  hoary 

Relics  of  bygone  ages 

On  our  class  history's  pages: 

Nay,  the  utterance  of  his  name 

Has  added  to  the  fame 

Of  this  great  University 

By  the  infinite  diversity 

Of  bones  he  has  found  and  vertebrates, 

But,  alas!  he's  one  of  the  celibates. 

We  count  those  happy  and  wise 
Who,  heeding  the  good  advice 
Given  by  classmate  Dunham 
At  our  ten-yearly  reunion, 
Have  from  single  misery  fled, 
To  double-blessedness  wed, 
Leaving  their  lonely  condition 
To  taste  of  domestic  fruition. 
All  hail!  most  fortunate  band, 
We  greet  you  with  heart  and  hand; 
May  your  shadows  never  grow  less, 
And  peace  your  firesides  bless. 

But,  all  is  not  sunshine  here, 
With  each  joy  is  mingled  a  fear 
That  the  shadows  of  grief  may  soon 
Darken  bright  skies  with  gloom. 
Our  tears  of  sympathy  flow 
For  those  who've  been  called  to  go 
To  the  narrow  house  and  lay 
Their  precious  dust  away. 
The  circle  of  love  was  broken 
When  fond  farewells  were  spoken 
And  the  spirit  took  its  flight 
To  a  land  of  cloudless  light. 
May  He  whose  grace  can  heal 
The  wounds  which  mourners  feel, 
By  His  loving,  gentle  voice, 
Bid  the  sorrowing  hearts  rejoice. 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  27 

Oh!  the  checkered  years, 
With  their  smiles  and  tears, 
That  have  come  and  gone, 
Hurrying  on  and  on 
Since  our  hundred  and  nine, 
With  prospects  fine, 
Each  took  his  place 
In  the  earnest  race, 
For  honor's  goal 
With  heart  and  soul, 
All  noble  youth 
In  search  of  truth. 

It  seems  to  us  but  a  dream 
As  we  recall  that  scene; 
Boys  in  our  teens  were  we  then, 
Now  we  are  strong,  busy  men. 

Already  our  numerous  children 
Exceed  by  a  full  round  dozen 
The  graduate  number  of  our  band, 
A  few  of  whom  together  stand 
To-night  and  pledge  their  faith  anew 
To  Alma  Mater,  firm  and  true; 
Classmates  once  and  friends  forever, 
Bonds  which  death  itself  can't  sever. 

Looking  a  few  years  hence 

With  keen,  prophetic  glance, 

Sixty  Junior  I  seem  to  see, 

Coming  hither  to  take  his  degree. 

If  I  should  make  a  guess 

Of  time,  say  more  or  less, 

In  eighteen  eighty-one 

There  will  have  been  begun 

An  era  for  this  College 

With  its  great  heaps  of  knowledge, 

Beside  which  all  shall  pale, 

Even  in  mother  Yale: 

For  then  our  boys  shall  come 

To  this  old  classic  home 

In  one  tremendous  crush, 

To  fizzle,  flunk,  and  rush. 

And  when  that  day  shall  be 

May  we  be  there  to  see, 

With  bouquets  rich  and  sweet 

To  fling  at  the  orator's  feet, 

As  forth  he  struts  to  make 

His  maiden  speech  and  take 

Upon  Commencement  stage 

The  honors  of  the  age. 


28  Class  of  Sixty 

Of  one  thing  we're  agreed: 
If  that  class  shall  succeed 
In  beating  '6o's  crowd, 
They'll  do  us  mighty  proud! 

Now,  classmates,  fill  your  glasses  full 
Once  more,  with  water  pure  and  cool, 
As  I  repeat  the  sentiment 
By  way  of  sincere  compliment, — 
Here's  to  our  wives,  God  bless  their  hearts, 
Who  captured  us  with  Cupid's  darts; 
Here's  to  our  children,  bright  and  hale, 
Fit  candidates  for  good  old  Yale, 
At  least  the  lads;  as  for  the  lassies, 
What  can  they  do,  but  join  the  classes 
Of  "  old  Grove  Hall,  York  Square  and  all," 
Beneath  whose  leafy  bowers  fall 
The  shadows  of  departed  years, 
When,  full  of  youthful  hopes  and  fears, 
Some  of  our  fellows,  with  great  propriety, 
Made  their  entree  to  high-toned  society; 
Now  and  then  got  "  stuck  for  a  hack  " 
As  the  rain  descended  with  darkness  black, 
On  the  night  when  the  concert  was  to  be, 
And  they  had  invited  fair  company. 

But,  pardon  me  for  running  on 
In  this  loose,  prolix  fashion, 
And  occupying  precious  time 
With  my  poor  rambling  rhyme. 

God  bless  us,  classmates,  one  and  all, 
Our  wives  and  children,  great  and  small, 
And  grant  that  we  again  may  meet 
In  friendship,  one  another  to  greet 
Under  the  elms,  the  dear  old  elms, 
Until  in  bright  and  heavenly  realms 
We  join  our  kindred  gone  before 
And  sing  God's  praise  forevermore. 

The  song  by  Catlin  from  the  Triennial  program,  "  Well, 
here  we  are  again,  my  boys,"  was  then  sung,  after  which,  per- 
sonal reminiscences  being  in  order,  the  name  of  each  member, 
present  or  absent,  graduate  or  non-graduate,  was  called  off  by 
the  Secretary  pro  tern.,  and  such  information  given  concerning 
each  as  could  be  furnished  by  any  classmate  present.  Many 
were  the  sallies  of  mirth  or  the  thought  of  sadness  evoked  in 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  29 

turn  at  the  mention  of  each  familiar  name;  nor  was  it  until  the 
rosy  fingered  maiden  had  commenced  her  morning  duties  in 
the  eastern  sky,  or  the  Center  Church  clock  had  struck  three, 
that  the  interesting  recital  closed. 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  then  tendered  Catlin  for  his  services, 
in  preparing  the  Decennial  Record,  and  Bradley  for  his  co- 
operation as  Class  Secretary. 

Catlin  then  thanked  the  class  for  their  recognition  of  his 
labors  as  Class  Historian,  and  stating  that  owing  to  the  pres- 
sure of  other  business  it  would  be  impossible  for  him  to  con- 
tinue in  the  discharge  of  his  duty  as  such,  nominated  as  his 
successor  Griffin,  who  was  unanimously  elected,  and  was 
instructed  to  prepare  and  publish  a  record  covering  the  five 
years  subsequent  to  the  Decennial  Record,  at  an  expense  not 
exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  for  by  an  assessment 
pro  rata  upon  the  class. 

The  Secretary  was  instructed  to  look  after  the  class  ivy,  and 
it  was  voted  that  the  next  class  meeting  be  held  in  1880. 

The  benediction  was  then  pronounced  by  Ward,  after  which, 
with  three  rousing  cheers  for  '60,  the  class  adjourned,  unani- 
mously voting  the  reunion  the  happiest  and  jolliest  yet 
recorded  in  its  history. 

The  Vigintennial  Meeting.  On  Wednesday,  June  30,  1880, 
at  12  m.,  twenty-three  members  of  the  class  assembled  at 
room  174  of  the  Lyceum.  The  meeting  was  called  to  order 
by  the  Secretary,  and  Mason  Young  was  appointed  chairman. 
The  Secretary  gave  a  report  of  receipts  and  expenditures 
during  the  previous  five  years.  It  was  voted  to  lay  a  tax  of 
one  dollar  upon  each  member,  absentees  included,  to  defray 
the  ordinary  expenses,  the  amount  due  for  the  supper  to  be 
collected  from  those  present  in  the  evening.  Isaac  J.  Post 
was  chosen  President,  W.  L.  Bradley,  Secretary,  George  H. 
Griffin,  Historian;  E.  L.  Gaul,  William  McAlpin,  and  Mason 
Young  were  appointed  to  act  with  the  Historian  and  Secre- 
tary in  making  arrangements  preparatory  to  the  Quarter- 
Century  Meeting  to  be  held  in  1885. 

At  one  o'clock  twenty -two  members  of  the  class,  viz.,  H.  E. 
Barnes,  W.  L.  Bradley,  Denison,  Furbish,  Gaul,  Griffin,  Hig- 
gins,  Johnson,  Kingsbury,  Knowlton,  Loomis,  Marsh,  Marshall, 
McAlpin,   McKay,   Post,   E.    L.    Richards,   C.    H.    Richards, 


30  Class  of  Sixty 

Siglar,  Williams,  Willson,  and  Young,  gathered  on  the  steps 
of  the  "  Old  Chapel,"  and  were  photographed  by  De  Silva. 

This  seems  to  have  been  the  first  photograph  of  a  group  of 
the  class  taken  at  any  reunion.  None  was  taken  in  1885, 
but  since  1890  the  classmates  assembled  at  each  reunion 
have  been  "  taken."  In  these  five  groups  following  there 
are  fifty -nine  different  faces, —  fifty -three  of  graduates  and  six 
of  non-graduates.  Four  of  the  same  ones  only  are  to  be 
found  in  all  of  the  groups. 

At  half  past  six  o'clock  seventeen  members  met  for  an  hour 
of  social  worship  in  the  recitation  room  of  Professor  Richards. 

At  eight  o'clock  p.m.,  twenty -seven  graduates  and  two  non- 
graduate  members,  viz.,  H.  E.  Barnes,  W.  L.  Bradley,  Brown, 
Bunce,  Col  ton,  Denison,  Dutton,  Furbish,  Gaul,  Griffin, 
Higgins,  Johnson,  Kingsbury,  Knowlton,  Loomis,  Marsh, 
Marshall,  McKay,  McAlpin,  Ogden,  Owen,  W.  W.  Phelps, 
Post,  E.  L.  Richards,  C.  H.  Richards,  Siglar,  White,  Williams, 
and  Willson,  sat  down  to  the  reunion  supper  at  the  Tremont 
House. 

Post  presided.  In  response  to  the  call  of  the  chairman, 
some  recalled  the  pranks  of  college  days,  while  others  narrated 
the  experiences  of  mature  life.  The  class  pride  vaunted  itself 
in  the  possession  of  members  of  congress,  members  of  state 
legislatures,  two  of  the  six  elected  members  of  the  Yale  Cor- 
poration, six  college  professors,  and  many  distinguished 
representatives  in  the  learned  professions.  At  the  alumni 
meeting  the  reference  by  Willson  to  "  the  scholarly  attain- 
ments of  E.  L.  Richards  and  the  world-wide  scientific  repu- 
tation of  Marsh  "  was  warmly  applauded.  The  prophecy 
made  ten  years  before,  in  the  song  of  Catlin, 

"  Yet  now,  young  Freshmen  of  our  own 
Are  growing  up  around  us," 

had  become  a  reality,  and  W.  W.  Phelps  announced  that  his 
son,  prepared  by  Siglar,  was  a  member  of  the  Freshman  (com- 
ing Sophomore)  class  at  Yale,  while  H.  E.  Barnes  confessed 
that  his  son  had  just  entered  the  Freshman  class  at  Harvard. 
By  request,  E.  L.  Richards  made  a  statement  in  behalf  of  the 
Yale  Athletic  Association  which  desired  contributions  toward 
the  purchase  of  a  permanent  field.  In  this  connection  Owen 
called  attention  to  the  fact  that  three  of  those  present  (Colton, 


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Johnson,  and  himself)  were  members  of  the  crew  who  in 
1859  won  in  the  University  boat  race  with  Harvard.  The 
meeting  was  enlivened  by  the  singing  of  songs,  among  which 
was  the  following  new  one  by  Griffin: 

AIR  —  "  Auld  Lang  Syne  " 
In  friendship  firm  again  we  meet 

Around  our  well-spread  board, 
The  hearts  of  classmates  here  to  greet 

With  grateful  feelings  stored; 
On  rapid  wing  the  years  have  .passed 

Since  we,  so  young  and  hale, 
Went  forth  from  joys  that  could  not  last, 

In  those  fair  days  at  Yale. 

Through  all  the  years  what  varied  scenes 

Of  sunshine  and  of  shade, 
The  backward  sweep  of  history  gleans 

From  life-plans  here  once  laid; 
This  lesson  greatly  wise  and  true, 

Which  all  the  thoughtful  learn, 
That  they  who  manhood's  work  would  do 

Must  heavenward  daily  turn. 

From  platform,  pulpit,  bench,  and  bar, 

From  busy  marts  of  trade, 
From  battlefields  where  many  a  scar 

The  conflict  long  has  made ; 
We've  come  to  tell  the  checkered  tale 

Of  life  thus  far  unrolled, 
How  we  as  loyal  sons  of  Yale 

Have  tried  to  prove  "  pure  gold." 

With  absent  boys  of  '6o's  band, 

Wherever  they  may  be, 
Though  scattered  wide  o'er  every  land, 

We're  one  in  sympathy; 
And  bid  them  Godspeed  in  the  race 

For  honors  yet  in  store; 
Hoping  to  meet  them  face  to  face, 

Ere  life's  brief  day  is  o'er. 

The  loved  and  lost  —  with  sad  refrain 

We  speak  their  names  to-night; 
They've  gone  from  earthly  care  and  pain 

To  heaven's  unclouded  light; 
Those  names  to  us  will  never  die, 

We'll  keep  their  memory  green, 
Till  called  to  rise  above  the  sky 

And  see  as  we  are  seen. 


32  Class  of  Sixty 

After  the  narration  of  personal  reminiscences,  the  class 
adjourned  to  meet  in  1885. 

The  Quarter-Century  Meeting.  The  preliminary  meeting 
was  held,  Tuesday,  June  23,  at  12  m.,  in  Prof.  E.  L.  Rich- 
ards's  recitation  room,  Atheneum.  The  following  were  pres- 
ent: H.  E.  Barnes,  Beckley,  W.  L.  Bradley,  Chapell,  Colton, 
Daniels,  Denison,  Eno,  Fairchild,  Freeman,  Furbish,  Gaul, 
Greene,  Griffin,  Haight,  Hale,  Hart,  Higgins,  Holden,  Hunt, 
Hurlbut,  Keyes,  Kittredge,  Knowlton,  Loomis,  Marshall, 
Mason,  McAlpin,  Norton,  E.  L.  Richards,  Smith,  Ward, 
Wheeler,  Williams,  Willson,  Young,  Clinton  Furbish,  and 
Dodge  —  thirty-eight,  and  also  Griffin's  son.  Gaul  was 
chosen  chairman.  The  Secretary  read  his  report  of  the  Vig- 
intennial  Meeting,  and  also  presented  a  financial  statement. 
The  class  voted  not  to  accept  the  resignation  of  the  Secretary. 
Holden  was  elected  President  and  Mason,  Vice-President. 

At  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening  a  class  prayer-meeting  was 
held  in  the  same  place.  Daniels  presided,  and  about  thirty 
were  present. 

The  meeting  and  supper  were  at  9  p.  m.,  in  the  Brothers' 
Hall,  Alumni  Building.  The  use  of  the  room,  with  light,  was 
furnished  by  the  college  authorities.  Forty -eight  graduates 
and  three  non-graduate  members  were  present  (only  two  less 
than  the  number  present  at  the  triennial),  viz.,  Ball,  H.  E. 
Barnes,  Beckley,  W.  L.  Bradley,  Brown,  Bunnell,  Chapell, 
Colton,  Daniels,  Denison,  Dunham,  Eno,  Fairchild,  Freeman, 
Furbish,  Gaul,  Greene,  Griffin,  Haight,  Hale,  Hart,  Hawley, 
Higgins,  Holden,  Hunt,  Hurlbut,  Johnson,  Keyes,  Kittredge. 
Knowlton,  Loomis,  Marsh,  Marshall,  Mason,  McAlpin,  Mc- 
Kay, Norton,  Owen,  Pennington,  E.  L.  Richards,  Siglar, 
Smith,  Ward,  Wheeler,  Williams,  Willson,  Woodruff,  Young, 
Bunce,  Dodge,  and  Clinton  Furbish. 

After  the  supper  had  been  disposed  of  the  President  ad- 
dressed the  class  as  follows: 

I  came  here,  like  the  rest  of  you,  to  enjoy  myself,  without  an 
apprehension  of  burden  or  responsibility  of  any  sort.  I  did  not  expect 
anything  more  formal  than  to  ask  and  tell  how  it  has  been  with  us 
the  past  twenty-five  years.  But,  to  my  great  consternation,  this 
afternoon  I  learned  that  many  of  you  had  united  in  a  conspiracy  to 
make  me  preside  this  evening.     To  a  man  who  has  scarcely  made  a 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  33 

speech  during  all  that  time,  and  whose  principal  work  has  been  with 
the  pen,  an  extemporaneous  address  would  be  something  he  would 
not  care  to  make,  nor  you  care  to  hear.  I  have,  therefore,  fallen 
back  upon  the  weapons  which  God  and  Nature  have  put  into  my 
hands,  and  shall  inflict  upon  you  the  following  leading  editorial. 

We  have  returned  here  —  many  of  us  at  least  —  to  renew  our 
youth  like  the  eagles  of  the  American  or  bald-headed  species.  We 
have  fulfilled  all  the  cherished  hopes  and  vast  designs  of  twenty-five 
years  ago.  We  have  painted  all  creation  red.  Virtue  is  now 
rewarded,  as  it  has  always  been,  at  its  own  expense.  Vice  has  been 
abolished.  Justice  has  been  sent  to  the  blind  asylum,  her  scales  to 
the  coal  dealer's.  Like  the  Irishman  in  the  story,  the  doctors  have 
sawed  off  all  the  limbs  they  depended  upon  for  support. 

The  millennium  has  come  as  promised.  We  went  right  to  the  front 
with  checks  for  reserved  seats,  and  this  world  has  humbly  asked  us 
to  run  the  planet  to  suit  ourselves. 

Usually,  of  every  twelve  eggs  laid  by  the  Commencement  hen,  eleven 
are  addled.  But  all  of  ours  have  hatched.  The  poet  who  said  that 
"  heaven  lies  about  us  in  our  infancy,"  didn't  know  our  class.  To 
"  act  like  sixty,"  and  even  to  "  lie  like  sixty,"  have  passed  into  prov- 
erbs. Our  great  success  is  owing  to  our  possession  of  a  superior  article 
of  Gaul.  He  is  our  mascot.  There  is  only  one,  and  we've  got  him. 
Then  there's  the  friend  of  Red  Cloud,  and  Delano,  the  father  of  the 
pterodactyl  and  the  famous  equestrian  who  has  learned  to  ride  the 
fiery,  untamed  ichthyo-saw-horse.  His  bones  lie  scattered  from  the 
Alleghanies  to  the  Rockies  —  the  man  who,  early  in  life,  seizing  his 
geologist's  hammer,  heard  and  heeded  the  poet,  when  he  bade  him 

"  Break,  break,  break, 
The  cold  gray  stones,  —  "  O.  C. 

Marsh;  or  when  discussing  the  paleogenesis  of  the  ferrugineous 
depravity  of  the  metamorphic  schists  with  the  argentiferous  shales, 
while  dovetailed  into  the  granitic  elevation  of  the  anthropomorphic 
range  of  the  Wiggle-Waggle  Mountains,  he  exclaimed  again  with  the 
poet: 

"  O!  would  that  my  thoughts  could  utter 
The  words  that  arise  in  me." 

Finally,  only  the  man  who  had  made  his  early  study  of  a  well- 
thumbed  pony  could  ever  have  discovered  a  five-toed  horse.  It  is 
not  Cyrus  Field  or  Jay  Gould  who  has  built  up  one  of  our  gigantic 
monopolies.  It  is  Joe  Twichell  and  Ned  Mason,  especially  Mason, 
both  of  whom  so  constantly  employed  the  Western  Union  Telegraph 
Company,  informing  each  other  of  their  new  babies,  that  the  company 
regularly  declared  six  per  cent  semi-annual  dividends,  and  the  opera- 
tors, broken  down  from  overwork,  began  their  vigorous  but  useless 
strike. 

Of  the  other  Mason,  surnamed  Young,  I  need  but  mention  his  recent 
experiments  in  overcoming  Newton's  law  of  gravitation  that  has  so  far 
served  to  hold  him  down  in  his  professor's  chair. 


34  Class  of  Sixty 

Walter  Phelps's  bright  youth  soon  closed.  An  overruling  Providence 
ordered  otherwise.  His  promising  career  soon  ended  in  the  shadows. 
A  simple  stone,  with  this  inscription,  marks  his  last  resting  place: 

"  Wm.  Walter  Phelps, 

Born,  March,  1840, 

Elected  to  Congress,  November,  1874. 

This  tribute  of  respect  and  affection 

Is  erected  by  his  surviving 

Classmates." 

I  come  now  to  speak  in  sadness  of  my  most  cherished  and  intimate 
friend  and  classmate.  I  knew  him  from  childhood;  watched  his 
growth  with  intense  interest  through  all  the  vicissitudes  of  his  check- 
ered, but,  alas!  his  not  very  ex-chequered  career.  His  life  has  been 
the  most  interesting  of  all  his  classmates,  in  my  opinion.  My  emotions 
will  not  let  me  speak  his  name  at  the  present  time.  You  will  best 
remember  him  and  Nat  Norton,  because  of  the  terrible  affliction  from 
which  they  both  suffered,  —  their  asthma;  that  is  to  say,  the  "  short- 
ness of  their  pants."  This  member  of  the  class,  whose  name  I  cannot 
speak,  has  been  thrown,  not  so  much  from  pillar  to  post,  as  from  Post 
to  Post  —  to  wit,  from  the  Hartford  Post,  which  he  conducted,  or 
misconducted,  for  three  years,  to  the  Detroit  Post,  on  which  he 
remained  for  twelve  years,  exposing  the  nefarious  deeds  of  the  "  hell- 
hounds of  the  opposition."  His  success  in  saving  the  country,  during 
all  that  period,  has  never  been  publicly  known,  because  Lincoln, 
Grant,  and  Walter  Phelps  got  the  credit  of  it.  The  particular  editorial 
article  which  accomplished  this  great  work  was  a  powerful  appeal 
for  "  harmony  in  the  ranks,"  for  burying  all  minor  differences,  and 
marching  shoulder  to  shoulder  against  the  common  enemy.  This 
present  election,  he  declared,  was  no  time  for  dissensions;  wait  for 
some  other  occasion;  present  a  united  front,  and  let  the  sun  of  election 
day  go  down  upon  another  victory  for  the  grand  old  party.  Then  a 
blight  came  upon  the  bloom  of  this  journalist.  He  grew  to  be  a  dude 
and  a  Pharisee,  thence  into  a  mugwump,  and  transferred  his  blasted 
talents  to  the  Detroit  Free  Press. 

A  man  was  once  crossing  a  covered  railroad  bridge  with  an  express 
train  just  entering  behind  him.  There  was  no  escape  but  flight  toward 
the  glimmer  of  day  at  the  other  end  of  the  bridge.  From  tie  to  tie 
he  leaped.  A  misstep,  and  he  would  go  down  into  the  flood  that  ran 
below.  The  light  seemed  no  nearer;  the  train  thundered  at  his  heels. 
Every  muscle  was  tense,  every  pulsation  agony. 

It  was  an  eternity  of  struggle  and  desperation.  In  the  train  itself,  on 
the  other  hand,  time  passed  with  scarcely  the  knowledge  or  conscious- 
ness of  the  passengers.  As  they  entered  the  bridge,  the  sun  shone, 
the  trees  waved,  the  grass  was  green  about  them.  Then  darkness  for 
a  moment  and  out  they  hurried  into  the  sunshine  and  the  same  land- 
scape again;  the  same  familiar  faces  about  them,  the  same  voices 
they  had  heard  on  their  journey  to  the  bridge.  Such  seems  to  me 
our  passage  of  this  quarter  of  a  century.     Pursuing  us,  ready  to  over- 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  35 

take  and  crush  us,  the  great  world  has  roared  and  rushed.  Every 
muscle  has  been  strained,  every  heart-throb  wild,  to  reach  the  light 
that  is  always  before  us  but  never  near.  There,  we  hope,  is  safety, 
peace,  content.  But  it  never  comes  and  the  train  is  at  our  heels. 
A  misstep  will  be  fatal.  Down  we  shall  go  into  the  abyss.  But, 
here  and  now,  to-day,  to-night,  that  vision  seems  like  the  horrid  dream 
of  a  moment.  The  blank,  dark  passage  we  scarcely  realize.  We  have 
shot  out  into  the  light  of  other  days.  Around  us  wave  the  same 
green  trees  we  last  saw  and  know  so  well.  Under  our  feet  is  the  grass 
on  which  we  often  trod;  about  us  the  well-known,  the  kind,  the  well- 
beloved  faces  we  saw  just  now  before  we  disappeared  into  the  darkness 
of  five  and  twenty  years  ago. 

About  fifteen  of  the  class  made  impromptu  remarks  in 
response  to  the  call  of  the  chairman. 

To  the  question  of  Owen,  "  How  about  reconstruction  in 
Tennessee  ?  ' '  came  the  quick  and  warmly  applauded  retort  of 
Wheeler —  "  Whatever  we  are,  we  are  not  mugwumps,  as  you 
are  in  Connecticut." 

Richards  advocated  more  attention  in  college  to  physical 
education  as  the  best  basis  for  the  highest  intellectual  culture. 
His  son,  as  a  member  of  the  graduating  class,  stood  seventh  in 
scholarship,  received  one  of  the  six  Townsend  Premiums,  and 
had  also  been  prominent  as  an  athlete  throughout  his  entire 
college  course. 

Marsh,  who  had  expected  to  be  absent  in  Europe,  was  for- 
tunately present  to  listen  to  the  remarks  of  Holden  and  Owen, 
glorifying  his  fame  as  a  paleontologist. 

Daniels  spoke  of  the  influence  exerted  upon  the  state  of 
Michigan  by  Holden,  as  the  able  editor  of  the  Detroit  Free 
Press,  and  by  himself  as  professor  of  Olivet  College. 

Knowlton,  as  a  recently  appointed  judge  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  Massachusetts,  had  postponed  the  session  of  court  for 
one  day  in  order  to  be  present. 

Keyes  narrated  his  many  escapes  from  imminent  death  at 
the  hands  of  the  wicked  and  murderous  Apache  Indians  of 
Arizona  and  New  Mexico ;  and  having  (as  expressed  by  Hol- 
den )  the  necessary  key,  he  stated  that  he  had  unlocked  the 
Golden  Gates  of  California  to  the  amount  of  a  quarter  of  a 
million  dollars. 

Beckley  expressed  a  wish  to  see  any  of  the  class  at  his 
home  in  Kentucky,  but  not  all  at  once. 

Hunt  recalled  student  life,  and  referred  to  Hurlbut  as  a 
personified  Boreas. 


36  Class  of  Sixty 

Smith  read  an  antique  biennial  paper,  which  Holden  said 
"  we  would  answer  if  we  had  the  time." 

About  midnight  a  deputation  from  the  class  of  1882,  then 
holding  their  triennial  at  the  Atheneum,  came  with  greetings 
to  the  Class  of  Sixty  and  in  return  were  heartily  cheered. 

Young  read  a  paper  entitled,  "  Some  Facts  about  the 
Corporate  Organization  of  Yale  College,"  which  was  published 
in  full  in  our  Quarter-Century  Record. 

The  class  voted  to  meet  again  in  1890  and  adjourned. 

Some  ten  members  of  the  class  met  again  the  next  day  to 
replant  the  ivy,  which  had  suffered  by  the  cold  of  winter,  and 
by  the  strokes  of  baseballs. 

Thirty  Years  After.  According  to  appointment,  our  boys 
assembled  at  12  m.,  Tuesday,  June  24,  1890,  in  room  C, 
Cabinet  Building,  on  the  Yale  campus,  for  their  preliminary 
business  meeting.  There  were  present:  H.  E.  Barnes,  E.  C. 
Beach,  Bunce,  Bunnell,  Colton,  Delafield,  Denison,  Dunham, 
Eaton,  Fairchild,  Furbish,  Gaul,  Griffin,  Haight,  Hale,  Hart, 
Hervey,  Higgins,  Hurlbut,  Jessup,  Kingsbury,  Keyes,  Knowl- 
ton,  Loomis,  Marsh,  Marshall,  Mason,  McAlpin,  Norton, 
E.  L.  Richards,  Siglar,  Smith,  Wheeler,  and  Woodruff. 

Gaul,  as  chairman  of  the  Class  Committee,  called  the  meet- 
ing to  order  and  presided.  The  resignation  of  W.  L.  Bradley 
as  Class  Secretary  was  announced  by  the  chairman.  It  was 
voted  to  accept  said  resignation,  with  thanks  to  Bradley  for 
his  long-continued  and  faithful  service  in  the  above  capacity. 
Griffin  was  then  elected  viva  voce  Secretary  of  the  class  and 
accepted  the  position  on  the  expressed  condition  that  the  office 
of  historian,  which  he  has  long  held,  be  allowed  to  lapse.  This 
condition  was  conceded  by  unanimous  consent,  and  hereafter 
the  Secretary  will  perform  the  duties  of  annalist,  recorder,  and 
treasurer. 

The  Class  Committee  offered  their  resignation,  and  it  was  by 
vote  accepted.  Gaul  explained  that  there  was  no  need  of 
continuing  this  committee,  as  it  had  been  originally  appointed 
to  assist  the  Secretary  in  making  a  special  success  of  our 
Quarter-Century  Meeting. 

Knowlton  was  elected  nem.  con.  chairman  of  the  class 
supper. 

A  vote  having  passed  in  favor  of  a  photograph,  the  class 
adjourned   to   the   steps   of   the   Sloane   Laboratory,   where 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  37 

twenty -nine  of  the  fellows  were  "  taken  "  in  a  group,  viz., 
H.  E.  Barnes,  E.  C.  Beach,  Bunnell,  Colton,  Denison,  Dun- 
ham, Eaton,  Fairchild,  Furbish,  Gaul,  Griffin,  Hale,  Haight, 
Hart,  Higgins,  Hurlbut,  Keyes,  Kingsbury,  Knowlton, 
Loomis,  McAlpin,  Marshall,  Mason,  Siglar,  Smith,  Wheeler, 
Bunce,  Hervey,  and  Jessup. 

At  six  o'clock  the  following  twenty -four  met  in  Dwight 
Hall  (room  belonging  to  '93 )  for  an  hour  of  social  worship  : 
Ball,  Barnes,  Beach,  Bunnell,  Colton,  Denison,  Dunham,  Fair- 
child,  Furbish,  Griffin,  Hart,  Hervey,  Higgins,  Jessup,  Kings- 
bury, Knowlton,  Loomis,  Marshall,  McAlpin,  C.  H.  Richards, 
Smith,  Siglar,  Ward,  and  Wheeler. 

Furbish  was  leader.  "  From  every  stormy  wind  that 
blows"  was  sung,  and  I  Peter,  4th  chapter,  was  read. 

After  some  pleasant  remarks,  Furbish  offered  prayer. 

C.  H.  Richards  spoke  of  the  spiritual  benefit  he  derived 
from  the  class  prayer-meetings  in  college. 

Griffin  thanked  God  for  the  merciful  way  in  which  he  had 
been  led.  He  asked  for  prayer  especially  on  behalf  of  Leach 
and  Foster,  both  detained  from  the  reunion  after  confidently 
expecting  to  be  with  us, —  one  by  reason  of  personal  illness,  the 
other  on  account  of  the  death  of  his  eldest  daughter. 

Jessup  gave  an  account  of  his  experiences  as  a  missionary  in 
Syria.  He  felt  peculiar  pleasure  in  this  his  first  meeting  with 
the  class  since  graduation. 

Kingsbury  and  Hervey  prayed,  the  hymn  (one  verse)  "  My 
faith  looks  up  to  Thee  "  intervening. 

Loomis  recalled  the  blessing  which  came  to  our  class  through 
the  great  spiritual  awakening  of  1858. 

Barnes  continued  these  reminiscences  and  expressed  pecu- 
liar desire  to  see  all  our  classmates  Christians. 

Smith  dwelt  upon  the  deep  significance  of  this  prayer  serv- 
ice after  thirty  years  of  life's  checkered  experiences. 

"  Heaven  is  my  home  "  :  one  verse  of  this  hymn  was  sung  in 
memory  of  the  many  times  we  used  to  sing  it,  long,  long  ago. 

Bunnell  made  special  mention  of  Camp's  holy  walk  and  con- 
versation, as  that  life  impressed  him.  Camp  never  talked 
religion  to  him  through  those  four  years,  but  he  kept  on 
steadily  exemplifying  it.  At  separation,  he  gave  Bunnell 
some  earnest  words  which  helped  him  toward  the  light. 

After  prayer  by  Higgins,  especially  for  Bunnell,  Hart  said 


38  Class  0}  Sixty 

he  felt  strengthened  by  the  expressions  of  trust  in  God  which 
he  had  heard  from  his  classmates. 

Ward  spoke  of  Camp,  Johnston,  and  Schneider,  as  the  three 
men  of  '6o,  long  since  sainted  in  glory,  who  had  made  the 
strongest  impressions  for  good  on  his  mind. 

McAlpin  emphasized  the  blessings  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  —  largely  developed  since  our  college 
days :  an  institution  to  which  Yale  is  indebted  for  this  Dwight 
Hall, —  a  center  of  Christian  life  and  power. 

Dunham  indorsed  McAlpin's  words  and  told  how  much 
interest  he  felt  in  the  Association  movement  and  all  it  was 
doing  for  the  colleges  of  the  land. 

Marshall  praised  God  for  the  prayer-meetings  which  our 
class  never  fails  to  hold  at  its  reunions.  It  seems,  on  com- 
parison with  other  classes,  to  be  quite  a  unique  feature  of  ours. 

The  time  did  not  suffice  for  all  to  participate.  At  7.15 
o'clock  the  meeting  closed  with  singing  one  verse,  "  When 
we  asunder  part,"  and  benediction  by  Jessup. 

The  class  sat  down  to  their  supper  at  eight  o'clock,  in  the 
front  parlor  of  Julius  Prokasky's  Yale  Hotel,  Center  Street, 
according  to  the  following  order  from  Knowlton's  right:  C.  H. 
Richards,  Ball,  Eno,  Mason,  Hurlbut,  Woodruff,  Haight, 
Wheeler,  E.  C.  Beach,  Bunnell,  Siglar,  Dunham,  Furbish, 
Smith,  E.  L.  Richards,  Ward,  Kingsbury,  Marsh,  Marshall, 
Loomis,  Hale,  Bunce,  Denison,  Barnes,  Higgins,  Hervey, 
Keyes,  Norton,  Colton,  Owen,  McAlpin,  and  Griffin. 

Jessup,  Hart,  and  Fairchild  sat  at  a  convenient  side  table, 
and,  as  for  Gaul,  no  one  could  tell  where  he  did  sit,  so  busy 
was  he  in  caring  for  the  comfort  of  all. 

It  should  be  mentioned,  for  Hawley's  benefit,  that  he  was 
becalmed  off  New  Haven  harbor  all  that  night,  in  a  friend's 
yacht,  and  thus  lost,  to  his  great  regret  and  ours,  the  pleasure 
he  had  anticipated  at  the  class  supper. 

Before  eating,  the  divine  blessing  was  invoked  by  C.  H. 
Richards.  After  the  viands  had  been  sufficiently  discussed, 
Knowlton  opened  the  feast  of  reason  with  some  fitting  re- 
marks, commendatory  of  all  who  had  worked  to  make  this 
reunion  a  success.  He  mentioned  the  interviews  he  had  when 
abroad  last  summer  with  Jones  in  London  and  Catlin  in  Zurich. 

Every  member  of  the  class  present  was  called  in  alphabetical 
order.     Ball  was  the  only  man  whose  modesty  prevented  his 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  39 

making  a  little  speech,  and  Hurlbut  kindly  came  to  his  help 
(when  the  H's  were  reached )  by  telling  us  that  he  had  been 
deputed  by  Ball  to  assure  his  classmates  that  he  (Ball )  loved 
them  all.  This  is  the  only  time  on  record  in  the  class  history 
when  it  became  necessary  for  Hurlbut  to  save  Ball  from  flunk- 
ing in  recitation. 

When  Barnes  spoke,  he  alluded  to  the  son  whom  he  was 
compelled  by  circumstances  to  send  to  Harvard.  This  brought 
forth  a  few  groans  from  the  class,  which  were  given  purely  in 
the  Pickwickian  sense.  When  Mason  took  the  floor  he  came  to 
Barnes's  defense  by  offsetting  this  peccadillo  with  an  act  of 
magnanimity  shown  by  Barnes,  when  chaplain  in  the  army,  to 
Mason's  brother.  Barnes  dismounted  and  nobly  gave  the  use 
of  his  horse  to  the  wounded  soldier. 

And  so  the  course  of  friendly  talk  and  reminiscence  flowed 
on,  the  excellence  of  the  remarks  made  by  each  being  matched 
only  by  the  happy  and  hearty  way  in  which  Knowlton  intro- 
duced all  the  speakers. 

The  interchange  of  kind  feeling  and  good  fellowship  was 
continuous  through  the  hours  that  went  by  all  too  swiftly. 
The  exercises  were  enlivened  at  appropriate  intervals,  by  the 
singing  of  our  reunion  songs  with  piano  accompaniment. 

After  the  speeches  came  the  roll-call  of  absent  ones,  whose 
letters,  so  far  as  received,  were  read.  The  welfare  of  others 
was  reported  by  different  fellows  who  happened  to  be  in- 
formed. Near  the  conclusion,  a  son  of  Kip  and  a  son  of 
Griffin  (Yale  '92  )    came  in  and  were  introduced  to  the  class. 

The  name  of  Engs  was  mentioned  as  the  only  classmate 
called  from  this  world  since  '85,  a  fact  of  remarkable  mercy, 
considering  the  time  of  life  we  have  now  all  reached.  Engs 
died  very  suddenly  of  heart  disease,  July  7,  1887,  in  the  forty- 
eighth  year  of  his  age.  "  As  long  as  his  health  permitted," 
says  the  Yale  obituary  record  for  '88,  "  he  was  a  successful 
practitioner,  and  was  especially  beloved  by  the  poor,  who 
benefited  by  his  professional  services." 

Special  votes  of  thanks  were  given  to  Knowlton  for  his  able 
chairmanship,  to  Gaul  for  his  mastery  of  details,  and  to  Griffin 
for  his  labors  as  historian  and  acting  secretary. 

After  a  vote  to  meet  again  in  1895,  the  class  adjourned  at 
2.30  o'clock  in  the  morning. 

As  a  postscript,  it  is  worthy  of  record  that  a  good  number 


40  Class  of  Sixty 

of  our  fellows  had  the  pleasure,  on  Wednesday,  of  paying  their 
compliments  at  415  Orange  Street,  to  Miss  Mamie  Clay,  who 
was  the  bearer  of  her  father's  kind  messages  to  the  class. 

Joe  Clay's  photograph  proved  a  conundrum  which  few  were 
able  to  guess. 

Another  delightful  feature  of  the  day  was  the  courtesy  of 
Marsh  to  a  delegation  of  his  classmates  (about  a  dozen),  in 
exhibiting  and  explaining  his  choice  collection  of  assorted 
bones  in  the  Peabody  Museum. 

Some  twenty  of  the  class,  including  Hawley,  sat  together  at 
the  alumni  dinner  on  Wednesday  afternoon. 

In  the  absence  of  Mason,  whose  name  was  on  President 
Dwight's  list,  Griffin  was  called  to  speak  for  '60.  In  the 
"  few  feeble  remarks  "  which  came  to  him  impromptu,  he 
tried,  at  least,  to  do  justice  to  the  grand  old  class.  He  ac- 
knowledges hereby,  with  gratitude,  the  cordial  hand -shakes 
and  congratulations  given  him  at  the  close  by  many  of  his 
classmates. 

The  finale  of  this  happy  day  came  through  the  kindness  of 
Eaton,  who  had  invited  the  class  to  his  beautiful  home  on 
Prospect  Street  for  a  spread  at  six  o'clock  in  the  afternoon. 
A  score  of  the  fellows  were  present  and  heartily  enjoyed  the 
occasion. 

"  God  be  with  us  till  we  meet  again." 

Griffin  died  in  September,  1894,  and  in  the  November 
following  Hurlbut  was  invited  by  a  dozen  or  more  of  his 
classmates  to  assume  the  duties  of  the  office,  provide  all 
things  necessary  for  our  reunion  in  1895,  and  act  until 
Griffin's  successor  could  be  regularly  chosen  by  the  class. 
Hurlbut  accepted,  and  soon  the  class  began  to  receive  circu- 
lars about  the  next  meeting,  laden  or  upborne  by  all  the 
eloquence  of  small  caps  and  italics.  His  urgent  pleadings 
were  effective  in  bringing  together  the  largest  attendance  since 
our  Decennial. 

Thirty-fifth  Anniversary.  Commencement  exercises  at 
Yale  in  '95  were  declared  by  competent  judges  to  have  been 
the  best  attended,  most  enthusiastic,  and  attractive  that  have 
ever  taken  place.  How  much  the  Class  of  '60  contributed  to 
this  success  —  modesty  forbids.     Let  others  tell:  alii  loquan- 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  41 

tur.  It  certainly  contributed  its  full  share,  heaping  and 
running  over.  Where  the  crowd  was  biggest,  the  excitement 
intcnsest,  the  heat  hottest,  the  applause  and  noise  greatest, 
there  could  be  seen  in  the  heat  of  the  fray  the  blue  '60  flag, 
followed  by  a  cohort  of  blue  '60  badges.  From  Sheffield 
Presentation  Day,  the  21st  instant,  until  the  last  guest  had 
left  Prex's  levee,  26th  instant,  '60  was  "  on  deck  "  — first,  last, 
and  all  the  time;  yesterday,  to-day,  and  forever.  Nunquam 
backseatibus . 

On  Monday  morning,  the  24th,  the  Class  Poet  and  Orator 
had  their  inning,  just  as  Boies  and  Daniels  had,  and  in  the 
afternoon  the  class  histories,  pipes,  songs,  marching,  and 
ivy  planting  carried  us  back  to  our  student  days,  thirty -five 
years  ago. 

Tuesday,  25th,  was  alumni  meeting,  presided  over  by 
our  classmate,  Knowlton,  and  Willson  was  selected  by  the 
Alumni  Committee  to  impress  upon  the  assembly  what  '60 
was,  is,  and  is  to  be  —  to  demonstrate  that  '60  was  the  greatest 
class  that  ever  graduated;  in  fact,  that  there  had  been  but 
one  class  that  really  amounted  to  much,  and  that  he  repre- 
sented it.  Both  Knowlton  and  Willson  "  filled  the  bill  " 
with  credit  to  themselves  and  honor  to  the  class. 

As  soon  as  Willson  had  finished,  his  classmates  present 
adjourned  to  room  200,  Old  Chapel,  for  our  business  meeting. 
The  class  had  commenced  to  arrive  since  the  preceding 
Thursday,  and  some  were  present  at  the  different  exercises 
already  mentioned. 

On  Monday  evening  about  twenty  collected  at  the  New 
Haven  House,  and  our  reunion  really  commenced  then.  On 
Monday  morning  early,  the  posters  on  the  trees  announced 
that  '60  was  "  in  town,"  and  on  Tuesday  morning  a  large 
Yale  blue  silk  flag,  with  '60  in  white  satin  numerals,  floating 
outside  the  door  of  No.  200,  Old  Chapel,  a  most  conspicuous 
location  opposite  Trumbull  Gallery,  and  next  to  Alumni 
Hall,  announced  to  the  college  world  that  the  "  Old  Guard  " 
was  "  Here."     It  attracted  much  attention  and  admiration. 

At  1 1. 1 5  the  Secretary  called  the  roll,  and  the  follow- 
ing answered  to  their  names:  Ball,  H.  E.  Barnes,  Beckley, 
W.  L.  Bradley,  Bunnell,  Chapell,  Colton,  Dunham,  Eno, 
Freeman,  Haight,  Hale,  Hart,  Hawley,  Higgins,  Hurlbut, 
Johnson,    Keyes,    Kingsbury,    Kittredge,    Knowlton,  Leach, 


42  Class  of  Sixty 

Loomis,  McAlpin,  Marsh,  Marshall,  Mason,  Norton,  Owen, 
Pennington,  Rice,  C.  H.  Richards,  E.  L.  Richards,  Siglar, 
Smith,  Wheeler,  Willcox,  Willson,  and,  as  invited  guests, 
Hervey,  C.  Furbish,  Coan,  Park,  and  Bunce,  a  total  of  forty- 
three. 

Mason,  nem.  con.,  took  the  chair.  A  tax  of  five  dollars  per 
capita  was  collected,  except  from  the  guests,  and  a  vote  of 
thanks  offered  to  those  whose  additional  contributions  fur- 
nished "  the  oil  to  move  the  machinery."  Blue  satin  badges 
with  '60  on  were  distributed,  and  were  certainly  a  feature  of 
the  occasion,  as  the  class  wore  them  while  in  New  Haven, 
and  they  made  a  most  distinguishing  mark.  The  claims  for 
favorable  consideration  of  the  Yale  Alumni  Weekly  were 
mentioned  in  a  notice  that  was  read,  and  it  is  a  most  inter- 
esting publication  for  those  who  wish  to  keep  in  touch 
with  college  matters.      (No  commission  for  this  puff. ) 

A  vote  of  thanks  for  the  Secretary,  and  his  unanimous 
re-election ;  the  selection  of  Smith  to  preside  at  the  class  sup- 
per, and  a  vote  to  meet  in  1900  closed  the  business  meeting. 

At  its  adjournment  the  class,  headed  by  the  Secretary, 
with  the  class  flag,  marched  to  the  Library  Building,  were 
grouped  on  the  steps,  a  picture  was  taken, —  and  a  capital 
one,  too. 

There  were  forty -one  in  this  goodly  company:  Ball,  H.  E. 
Barnes,  Beckley,  Bunnell,  Chapell,  Colton,  Dunham,  Eno, 
Freeman,  Haight,  Hale,  Hart,  Hawley,  Higgins,  Hurlbut, 
Johnson,  Keyes,  Kingsbury,  Kittredge,  Knowlton,  Leach, 
Loomis,  McAlpin,  Marshall,  Mason,  Norton,  Owen,  Penning- 
ton, Rice,  C.  H.  Richards,  E.  L.  Richards,  Siglar,  Smith, 
Wheeler,  Willcox,  Willson,  Bunce,  Coan,  C.  Furbish,  Hervey, 
and  Park.  If  Marsh  had  arrived  on  the  ground  ninety-seven 
seconds  earlier  he  would  have  been  included  in  the  group. 

After  registering  in  the  alumni  book  at  the  Library,  the 
marching  was  continued  to  the  hall,  where  luncheon  was 
provided,  and  the  time,  until  two  o'clock,  was  taken  up  with 
eating,  and  its  usual  concomitants.  Edendi  bibendi.  At 
that  time  the  line  of  march  was  resumed,  and  then,  headed  by 
the  blue  flag,  the  route  was  to  the  New  Haven  House,  to  take 
the  trolley  car  for  the  field.  The  sight  of  over  forty  old  gray 
beards,  —  and  some  of  them  can  have  their  hair  cut  "  while 
they  wait,"  without  taking  off  their  hat,  —  marching  behind  a 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  43 

class  flag,  and  each  wearing  a  class  badge,  created  much 
attention,  and  our  arrival  at  the  New  Haven  House  did  much 
to  increase  the  fun,  noise,  and  enthusiasm  already  at  fever 
heat    (calor  febris). 

After  some  little  delay,  because  of  the  immense  crowd, 
for  everybody  in  New  Haven  seemed  to  be  coralled  in  that 
vicinity,  we  got  our  car,  and  were  on  our  way  to  the  field 
for  the  Yale-Harvard  game. 

Upon  our  arrival,  gathering  forces  at  the  gate,  we  entered 
in  a  body,  forty -three  strong,  with  flag  flying  and  badges 
waving. 

We  all  remember  ( ? )  the  description  of  the  different  cele- 
brations in  the  Roman  Coliseum  (Livy  IV,  3;  Homer  V,  9), 
whether  it  was  a  bull  fight  with  thumbs  down  (pollice  sub  rosa ) 
or  "The  Lady  or  the  Tiger  "  {Damme  Tigrisque)',  even  they 
pale  into  insignificance  in  comparison  with  the  reception 
to  the  Class  of  Sixty,  when  it  entered  the  arena  and  marched 
across  the  full  length  of  the  field  to  their  reserved  seats. 
The  classes  having  reunions,  '65,  '70,  '75,  '80,  '85,  '89,  and 
'92,  already  seated  in  the  spaces  reserved  for  them,  each  with 
a  full  band,  arose  as  one  man,  and  drowned  the  noise  of  the 
music  with  their  own.  The  grand  stand,  holding  four  thou- 
sand, a  living  mass  of  youth,  beauty,  and  loveliness  (dulciora 
melle),  joined  in  the  applause,  and  the  waving  of  handker- 
chiefs and  flags  was  simply  "  out  of  sight."  (  Not  to  be  taken 
literally.)  Sixty  cheered  the  crowd,  and  the  crowd  cheered 
'6o,  and  all  the  while  the  Secretary  was  furiously  waving  the 
class  flag,  and  making  as  much  noise  as  only  he  can  make, 
while  every  classmate,  individually  and  collectively,  was 
waving  anything  he  could  get  hold  of,  and  shouting  for  dear 
life,  "Vita  dulce." 

"  See  Naples  and  die."  See  a  sight  like  this  and  live. 
Because  of  delay  in  calling  the  game,  each  class  took  the 
opportunity  to  march  around  the  field  behind  its  band,  and 
halting  in  front  of  the  bleachers,  '60  gave  the  college  cheer, 
which  was  returned  with  interest.  Oh!  it  was  a  great  day 
for  '60;  but  then  '60  was  a  great  class. 

Returning  from  the  field  quite  a  number  attended  the 
class  prayer-meeting,  presided  over  by  C.  H.  Richards,  while 
others  came  back  to  the  site  of  the  old  fence,  where  several 
sections  of  it  were  placed  on  the  sidewalk  for  our  special  use. 


44  Class  of  Sixty 

The  time  up  to  7.30  was  passed  in  chatting,  singing, 
watching  the  other  classes,  criticising  the  vast  crowd,  and 
amusing  ourselves  in  various  ways,  when,  having  in  the  mean- 
time been  joined  by  the  others,  in  a  body,  still  following  the 
blue  '60  flag,  we  marched  to  supper.  The  table,  laid  on  the 
three  sides  of  a  hollow  square,  looked  inviting,  decorated  with 
flowers  contributed  by  Owen,  raised  at  his  country  place. 
Rus  in  urbe.  Smith  presided,  with  the  Secretary  on  his  right. 
"  Gaudeamus  "  was  sung,  and  then  Park  pronounced  the 
blessing.  One  classmate  was  so  overcome  at  the  sumptu- 
ousness  of  the  menu  that  he  swooned,  and  went  under  the 
table  before  he  had  finished  reading  it,  thereby  beating  the 
class  record  in  that  respect;  but  the  medical  talent  present, 
seven  in  number,  after  prescribing  nux  vomica,  habeas  corpus, 
nunc  pro  tunc,  succeeded  in  convincing  him  that  he  need  not 
pass  an  examination  on  the  whole  of  it  at  once,  but  might 
digest  it  in  sections. 

With  songs,  jokes,  and  general  conversation,  the  evening 
quickly  passed,  and,  the  physical  pabulum  being  disposed  of, 
the  mental  pab.  was  brought  out.     Mens  sana  in  sano  corp. 

The  Secretary  reported  as  follows  concerning  the  absent 
members :  Answers  had  been  received  from  all  except  Foules 
and  Jones,  who  treated  beseeching  letters  of  inquiry  as  though 
they  had  been  requests  for  charity  or  tailors'  duns,  with 
dignified  silence  —  silentia  digitalis.  The  following  reported 
themselves  as  in  good  health,  no  radical  change  since  1890, 
with  a  universal  expression  of  regret  that  circumstances 
compelled  their  absence:  E.  R.  Barnes,  E.  C.  Beach,  F.  Beach, 
Beers,  Blakeslee,  Bristoll,  Clay,  Delafield,  Holden,  Howard, 
Kip,  Vandyne,  Warren,  Williams,  Worthington. 

The  following  expected  to  have  been  present,  and  accepted 
their  invitations,  but  were  later  prevented.  These,  too,  are 
in  good  health,  with  no  radical  changes  since  1890:  W.  E. 
Bradley,  Daniels,  L.  H.  Davis,  R.  S.  Davis,  Dutton,  Fairchild, 
Foster,  Furbish,  McKay,  Starr,  Ward,  White,  Young. 

Denison  wrote  in  January  that  he  expected  to  come.  In 
May  his  sister  wrote  of  his  illness,  and  again  on  July  22  of  his 
death  on  July  7,  at  his  home  in  Pomfret,  Conn. 

Holmes  is  too  much  of  an  invalid  to  travel. 

Catlin,  Clay,  R.  S.  Davis,  Dutton,  Eaton,  Holden,  Starr, 
Williams,  as  also  Jessup  and  Wildey,  of  the  invited  guests, 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  45 

wrote  most  interesting  letters  that  were  read  to  the  class,  and 
Jessup  inclosed  photographs  of  Mrs.  Jessup  and  himself. 

Just  here  the  toast  to  our  classmates  deceased  since  1890 
was  drunk  standing  and  in  silence.  Letters  were  read  from 
Mrs.  Greene,  Mrs.  Griffin  and  her  son  (as  well  as  an  auto- 
biography presented),  Mrs.  Phelps,  Mrs.  Woodruff,  and  our 
Class  Boy's  father,  Holmes.  Gaul's  sister  and  brother-in-law, 
Rev.  Dr.  George  C.  Yeisley,  of  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  were  present 
during  the  dinner  exercises,  and  Dr.  Y.  was  invited  to  a  seat 
beside  the  President,  and  made  some  remarks  in  memoriam 
of  our  late  class  chairman,  whose  photograph  has  been 
placed  with  the  class  memorabilia. 

After  this  the  following  toasts  were  disposed  of:  "  The 
Corporation,"  Mason;  "  Athletics,"  E.  L.  Richards,  who,  in 
the  course  of  his  remarks,  said:  "  Yale  has  not  asked  for  an 
apology  from  Harvard,  but  simply  a  statement  from  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Harvard  team  in  which  they  may  clear  themselves 
of  all  responsibility  for  the  vile  slanders  heaped  upon  Yale 
last  fall.  It  is  not  an  apology  for  what  has  been  done,  but 
a  disavowal  such  as  Yale  frankly  gave  to  Pennsylvania  last 
winter,  when  that  college  wrote  to  know  if  the  published 
attacks  on  her  system  of  athletics  had  originated  at  Yale. 
Such  a  statement  Yale  thinks  she  should  get  before  trusting 
her  reputation  to  another  football  contest  with  Harvard  "; 
and  "  The  Class  of  '60,"  Hurlbut,  who  paid  a  tribute  to  the 
former  secretaries  and  class  committees,  whose  places  "  might 
be  taken  but  could  not  be  filled,"  reminding  the  class  that  of 
the  one  hundred  and  nine  who  had  graduated,  but  seventy- 
two  (now  seventy -one  )  were  left ;  that  the  class  had  taken  the 
Yale  Lit.  Medal  three  times,  in  '57,  '58,  '59,  Dutton,  Jones, 
and  Ward;  had  furnished  three  members  of  the  victorious 
Yale-Harvard  '59  crew,  and  that  these  three  were  present 
to-day,  Colton,  Johnson,  and  Owen;  that  the  unprecedented 
attendance  at  our  class  reunions  was  a  proof  of  the  strong 
class  feeling,  and  that  this  present  attendance  was  phenom- 
enal,—  including  Beckley  from  Kentucky,  Freeman  from 
Minnesota,  Keyes  from  California,  Loomis  from  Wisconsin, 
McAlpin  from  Ohio,  Mason  from  Illinois,  Wheeler  from 
Tennessee,  —  where  can  you  find  such  a  record  ?  But,  then,  '6o 
is  a  record  maker.  Recordia  fecit.  The  class  has  not  buried 
its  talents  in  a  napkin.     It  has  now  two  professors  in  the 


46  Class  of  Sixty 

University,  —  Richards  and  Marsh;  it  has  had  a  third,  Eaton. 
Daniels,  D.D.,  Greek  professor  at  Olivet;  Smith  at  Dart- 
mouth; Young,  ex-member  of  the  Corporation;  Mason,  an 
active  member,  recently  made  LL.D.  at  Knox  College, 
Illinois;  Phelps  and  Catlin,  who  have  represented  this  country 
abroad;  Beers,  professor  in  Kansas  University;  L.  H.  Davis, 
M.C.  for  Missouri;  Delafield,  professor  in  Columbia  College 
Medical  School;  Dutton,  editor  and  compiler  U.  S.  A.  re- 
searches; Freeman,  U.  S.  registrar  and  prosecuting  attorney, 
Minneapolis;  Hurlbut,  commissioner  of  education,  New  York 
City;  Knowlton,  LL.D.,  and  justice  Supreme  Court,  Massa- 
chusetts; Willson,  justice  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Pennsyl- 
vania; R.  S.  Davis,  Foster,  and  Holden,  each  exerting  a 
widespread  influence  through  the  public  press,  besides  mer- 
chant princes  and  representatives  of  all  the  professions  galore 
who  have  made  their  mark  in  their  different  callings.  Truly 
our  class  motto  was  well  chosen,  —  Spectemur  Agendo. 

Fortieth  Anniversary.  As  the  time  for  this  meeting 
approached,  it  became  apparent  that  Hurlbut  was  not 
going  to  be  in  condition  to  make  the  necessary  preparations 
and  provide  for  the  class  entertainment.  Accordingly  a 
number  of  the  class  united  in  a  request  to  Leach  to  assume 
the  duties  of  Secretary  provisionally.  Having  the  necessary 
time  at  his  command,  through  having  recently  retired  from 
business,  he  took  up  the  work. 

The  Attendance.  Out  of  a  possible  sixty -one  living  mem- 
bers, twenty -seven  were  present.  There  were  also  with  us 
three  of  our  brethren  who  could  not  complete  their  course 
with  us,  much  to  their  regret  and  to  ours.  Ball,  H.  E.  Barnes, 
Beckley,  W.  L.  Bradley,  Bunnell,  Colton,  Dutton,  Eno,  Fair- 
child,  Foster,  Furbish,  Haight,  Hart,  Higgins,  Johnson,  Kings- 
bury, Knowlton,  Leach,  Marshall,  Norton,  Owen,  Pennington, 
C.  H.  Richards,  E.  L.  Richards,  Smith,  Wheeler,  Williams; 
Bunce,  Hervey,  and  Park  were  with  us  and  of  us. 

In  Alumni  Hall.  Tuesday  morning,  June  26,  1900,  '60 
rallied  at  Alumni  Hall  with  none  of  the  doubts,  misgivings,  and 
trepidations  of  old  biennial  days,  which  were  a  prolonged 
agony  to  some  of  us.  The  meeting  was  opened  with  prayer 
by  Park.  Wheeler  was  there  to  speak  for  our  class  when  it 
was  called.     Those  who   have  attended    recent  reunions  do 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  47 

not  need  to  be  told  that  he  has  an  engaging  presence,  and  that 
his  platform  appearance  and  remarks  were  creditable  to  our 
class. 

Business  Meeting.     Promptly  at  eleven  o'clock  the  class 
assembled  in  Richards'   recitation  room,  No.    175   Lyceum. 
On  motion,  it  was  voted  that  the  Secretary  should  act  as 
chairman;    hence  he  had  triple  duties  to  perform  at  this 
meeting. 

Leach  was  elected  Class  Secretary.  Tickets  were  pro- 
cured by  Haight  for  all  who  wished  to  go  to  the  Yale-Harvard 
baseball  game  in  the  afternoon.  After  reading  correspond- 
ence relating  to  the  class  ivy,  which  is  published  on  a  following 
page,  adjournment  was  had  to  the  steps  of  the  new  Library- 
Building,  to  sit  for  the  class  picture. 

While  our  group  was  being  arranged,  another  group  of 
friendly  boys  of  '97,  who  perhaps  thought  '60  might  be  sad 
and  serious  and  in  need  of  a  more  lively  expression,  came 
down  upon  us,  and  taking  a  position  near  the  instrument 
of  the  artist,  chanted  some  lines  from  the  "  Frogs  of  Aris- 
tophanes," with  their  compliments  to  '6o.  If  any  cheerful 
effect  was  needed,  this  little  episode  gave  it.  For  besides 
being  less  in  numbers  than  five  years  ago,  we  missed  Hurlbut's 
enlivening  rallying  cry.  In  this  group  of  June,  1900,  there 
are  twenty -six:  Ball,  H.  E.  Barnes,  Beckley,  W.  L.  Bradley, 
Colton,  Dutton,  Eno,  Fairchild,  Foster,  Furbish,  Haight, 
Hart,  Higgins,  Johnson,  Kingsbury,  Knowlton,  Leach, 
Marshall,  Norton,  Owen,  Smith,  Wheeler,  Williams,  Bunce, 
Hervey,  and  Park. 

The  Ivy.  Some  feeling  akin  to  sadness  has  always  crept  in 
whenever  it  has  been  brought  to  mind  that  our  class  ivy  failed 
to  thrive. 

Charley  Boies  sang  to  us  at  its  planting: 

"  We  go  to  plant  the  ivy  now, 

The  sun  may  burn,  the  storm  may  break  it, 
In  growing  years  it  may  decay 

And  stranger  hands  may  rudely  take  it. 


But  round  these  rugged  walls,  to-day, 
A  hundred  living  hearts  shall  center, 

And  ivied  memories  creep  and  cling 
Where  envious  Time  can  never  enter.' 


48  Class  of  Sixty 

In  1895,  Mrs.  Champion  kindly  had  our  ivy  replanted, 
but  it  did  not  long  survive,  owing,  it  is  said,  to  too  much 
ball  practice  in  its  neighborhood. 

The  following  letter  was  read  at  the  business  meeting, 
and  the  reply  was  adopted: 

To  the  Members  of  the  Class  of  '60. 

Greeting:  It  is  due  you  that  with  the  slip  of  ivy  sent  for  the  planting 
on  your  fortieth  anniversary,  I  add  a  few  words  to  prove  its  -authen- 
ticity as  a  grandchild  of  the  ivy  planted  in  i860. 

Let  me  first  say  that  my  husband  dearly  loved  his  class  and  class- 
mates; that  the  words  of  the  parting  song  sung  by  you  in  1863  were 
from  the  heart.  He  used  often  to  speak  of  his  plans  as  secretary 
for  the  meeting  in  1870. 

When,  after  a  year's  residence  in  Minnesota,  the  angels  came  for  him 
and  I  returned  East  alone,  I  asked  of  President  Woolsey  the  privilege 
of  taking  a  few  slips  from  the  '60  ivy.     It  was  most  readily  given. 

Two  of  the  slips  were  sent  to  Hartford  to  plant  by  the  grave  of 
Major  Camp,  of  whom  Mr.  Champion  was  very  fond.  Two  were  taken 
to  the  Grove  Street  cemetery,  and  the  fifth  was  planted  in  my  garden. 
This  has  grown  to  be  a  large  plant;  and  a  year  ago,  realizing  an  ivy 
would  be  needed  by  you  this  year,  I  started  the  slip  I  send. 

If  any  of  the  class  would  like  a  slip  to  take  to  their  home,  it  will 
give  me  great  pleasure  to  take  one  from  the  ivy  in  my  garden  if  they 
will  call  at  270  Crown  Street,  any  time  this  afternoon  before  7  p.m.,  or 
any  time  to-morrow  before  the  president's  reception  in  the  evening. 

After  my  return  from  Minnesota,  the  Corporation  of  the  college 
voted  to  me  the  privilege  of  "  the  college  that  would  have  belonged  to 
my  husband,"  so  I  consider  I  have  a  right  to  say  I  belong  to  the  Class 
of  '60.     May  I  ask  that  I  be  so  considered  by  you? 

Should  I  live  till  19 10,  and  this  slip  not  flourish,  I  promise  to 
have  another  ready  for  you. 

With  best  wishes, 

Mrs.  Henry  Champion. 
New  Haven,  June  26,  1900. 

Reply  to  Mrs.  Champion : 

The  Yale  Class  of  i860  has  received,  by  the  kindness  of  Mrs.  Henry 
Champion,  a  slip  of  ivy,  which  we  have  this  day  planted  to  replace 
the  one  set  out  upon  our  graduation,  but  which  did  not  flourish.  This 
one  is  certified  to  us  as  a  grandchild  of  the  original  plant. 

It  is  the  sense  of  this  class  that  we  are  greatly  indebted  to  the  donor 
for  this  kindly  and  gracious  gift.  It  is  our  wish  that  she  should  accept 
from  us  this  tender  of  our  warmest  thanks,  and  that  she  should  receive 
from  us,  with  our  cordial  good-will,  an  honorary  membership  of  our 
class. 

Smith's  Address.  Among  the  varied  experiences  of  our 
lengthening  lives,  this  which  I  am  about  to  describe  has 
befallen  many  of  us. 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  49 

You  had  been  traveling  for  miles  over  a  level  or  slightly 
rolling  country.  You  had  gained  an  elevated  point  and 
paused  to  look  backward.  Your  eye  followed  the  road  which 
you  had  traversed  until  it  was  lost  in  the  mists  which  shrouded 
the  distant  landscape.  But  as  you  gazed  the  mists  melted  in 
the  sun's  heat  and  the  point  from  which  you  had  set  out  hours 
before  was  distinct  and  near,  and  the  space  and  the  toil  that 
lay  between  were  as  though  they  had  not  been. 

We  stand  on  such  a  point  of  vantage  to-day.  In  the  glow 
of  feeling  kindled  by  our  reunion  amid  these  well-beloved 
scenes,  the  mists  and  shadows  which  have  gathered  over 
the  way  of  our  forty  years'  pilgrimage  vanish,  and  we  can 
see  ourselves  the  boys  of  '60  planting  our  first  ivy  here  —  one 
hundred  and  nine  of  us,  young  and  strong,  and  full  of  the  joy 
of  living. 

Our  four  years  of  association  in  common  interests  had 
begotten  a  mutual  love  that  was  fain  to  express  itself  in 
act;  and  the  fitting  act  in  which  we  solemnly  joined  was 
the  planting  of  the  ivy.  We  did  it  in  a  body,  which  signi- 
fied our  union  in  purpose  and  feeling.  He  who  plants  allies 
himself  with  the  creative  force,  and  thus  we  expressed  the 
stirring  sense  of  power  within  us.  In  planting  our  ivy  we 
set  forth  our  hope  of  future  growth  and  bloom,  and  our 
desire  to  preserve  here,  in  this  sacred  repository,  a  reminder 
of  the  common  treasures  which  our  four  years  had  gathered. 

For  ten  years  our  ivy  flourished,  while  some  of  the  best 
and  brightest  of  us  finished  their  course.  Then  a  winter's 
frost  killed  it.  Our  Secretary,  Dr.  Bradley,  tried  to  replace 
it,  but  without  success;  and  in  '85  we  planted  another, — 
a  slip  cut  from  the  first,  and  preserved  for  us  by  Mrs.  Cham- 
pion. That  has  also  perished,  and  again,  to-day,  we  plant  a 
descendant  of  the  first,  furnished  by  the  same  kind  hand. 

There  is  something  sadly  suggestive  in  these  repeated 
failures.  They  remind  us  of  the  failures  that  we  have  all 
made,  —  failures  to  obtain  the  things  we  desired;  failures  to 
reach  our  ideals;  failures  to  do  the  work  set  before  us.  They 
remind  us,  too,  of  the  untimely  end  of  many  an  opening 
career  among  us. 

But  none  of  these  things  overcome  us.  To-day  —  men 
in  our  last  decade,  gray  and  careworn  —  we  plant  our  ivy 
again.     We  plant  it  with  a  mutual  affection  whose  founda- 


50  Class  of  Sixty 

tions  have  been  deepened  by  time.  Four  years  of  boy- 
hood were  our  common  portion  then.  Forty  years  of  man- 
hood are  our  common  portion  now.  In  varying  scenes, 
with  varying  incidents,  our  experiences  have  had  the  same 
essential  feature;  and  more  and  more,  my  classmates,  as 
we  meet,  I  recognize,  in  you  and  in  myself,  the  boys  we  were 
in  i860. 

How  many  plantings  have  we  done;  how  many  seeds  we 
have  sown  since  then!  Lawyer  and  merchant  and  broker 
and  doctor  and  teacher,  writer  and  soldier  and  priest,  we 
have  planted,  and  the  rain  and  the  sunshine  of  God's  provi- 
dence have  watered  and  quickened,  and  the  fruit  has  ripened, 
the  good  and  the  bad. 

Life  has  tested  and  tried  us.  It  has  taught  us  to  know 
the  eternal  verities  as  the  boy  cannot  know  them.  In  the 
words  of  Emerson: 

"  Out  of  love  and  hatred;  out  of  earnings  and  borrowings  and 
lendings  and  losses;  out  of  sickness  and  pain;  out  of  worshiping;  out 
of  traveling  and  voting  and  watching  and  caring;  out  of  disgrace  and 
contempt,  —  has  come  our  tuition  in  the  serene  and  beautiful  laws.". 

Charley  Boies  said  to  us  in  our  class  poem : 

"  Oh,  'twas  true,  the  dream  of  sages 

Of  the  music  of  the  spheres. 
And  each  life  of  human  creatures, 

With  its  changing  joys  and  fears, 
Is  a  note  in  the  great  anthem 

Ever  ringing  through  the  stars." 

As  life  has  disciplined  us,  the  discords  have  been  gradually 
hushed,  and  we  have  come  into  closer  harmony  with  the 
great  anthem. 

We  plant  our  ivy  again  to-day,  and  it  is  well  that  we  have 
the  opportunity.  We  do  it  in  loving  memory  of  departed 
days  and  of  the  comrades  who  have  left  us,  but  we  do  it 
with  hope,  fearless  of  aught  that  may  be  before  us,  resolute 
still  to  plant  and  to  reap,  to  live  with  our  might  in  the  present, 
looking  forward  to  an  ever-widening  and  never-ending  future. 

After  this  address  our  tenor,  H.  E.  Barnes,  led  us  in  singing 
"  Gaudeamus,"  which  we  sang  with  all  the  vim  and  vigor  of 
earlier  days.     Adjournment  to  luncheon  followed. 

Luncheon.  The  plan  of  keeping  the  class  together  for 
luncheon  as  well  as  dinner  has  much  to  recommend  it,  and 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  5 1 

it  has  proved  quite  popular  with  all  our  boys.  An  enjoyable 
hour  was  spent  in  eating  and  conversation  before  we  separated 
for  the  afternoon,  many  for  the  ball  game,  others  to  revisit 
old  scenes  and  renew  former  acquaintance.  Many  of  us  looked 
at  what  remains  of  the  Old  Brick  Row  with  regret,  and  with 
the  knowledge  that  Old  South  Middle  would  soon  be  the  sole 
survivor. 

The  Prayer-Meeting  was  well  attended.  Furbish  was  the 
leader.  He  turned  our  thoughts  to  those  who  used  to  be  with 
us  on  these  occasions,  but  who  have  gone  before  us.  His 
words  were  tender,  and  they  helped  to  make  the  occasion  one 
of  combined  reminiscence  and  of  incitement  to  use  the  time 
that  remains  to  us  in  faithful  activity.  The  meeting  was 
entirely  informal,  each  one  in  turn  saying  a  word, —  in  most 
cases  of  his  experience  during  these  years.  Some  of  these 
experiences  were  very  touching  as  they  revealed  the  heart 
life  of  one  and  another. 

In  tender  fellowship,  in  song  and  prayer,  and  in  pleasant 
converse,  the  hour  and  a  half  passed  swiftly  by.  The  meet- 
ing furnished  some  of  the  most  delightful  moments  of  our 
reunion. 

The  Dinner.  The  class  assembled  promptly  at  the  ap- 
pointed hour,  and  after  a  blessing  had  been  asked  by  H.  E. 
Barnes,  fell  to  in  a  way  showing  that  age  and  custom  had 
not  dulled  or  diminished  their  accustomed  appetites.  Foster 
presided.  Beckley,  Bunnell,  Eno,  and  Knowlton  were  unable 
to  remain  to  the  dinner,  but  they  left  their  hearts  with  us. 
Knowlton  went  on  his  way  to  Harvard  to  receive  his  honorary 
degree  of  LL.D.  Sixty  could  also  supply  other  worthy  candi- 
dates for  her  honors.  —  Verb.  sap. 

Although  we  sat  down  to  table  less  in  numbers  than  was 
expected,  there  yet  lacked  nothing  in  vivacity,  pleasure,  and 
enthusiasm.  There  were  Ball,  H.  E.  Barnes,  Bunce,  Colton, 
Dutton,  Fairchild,  Foster,  Furbish,  Haight,  Hart,  Hervey, 
Higgins,  Johnson,  Kingsbury,  Leach,  Marshall,  Norton,  Owen, 
Park,  Pennington,  C.  H.  Richards,  E.  L.  Richards,  Smith, 
Wheeler,  and  Williams. 

The  attendance  of  W.  E.  Bradley,  Keyes,  and  Rice  was 
unexpectedly  prevented  at  almost  the  last  moment.  Dan- 
iels, Dunham,  Holden,  and  Howard  had  hoped  to  be  with 
us.     Eaton,    Holmes,   and  Vandyne   were   too   ill   to   come. 


52  Class  of  Sixty 

Others  were  prevented  by  sickness  in  their  families  or  impor- 
tant engagements. 

E.  R.  Barnes,  Foules,*  and  Siglar  were  silent. 

Much  interesting  personal  history  of  the  past  was  given 
by  each  one  in  the  five-minute  speeches  called  for  by  Chair- 
man Foster.  Interest  was  unflagging.  At  i  a.  h.  we  ad- 
journed, after  singing  Kingsbury's  "  Recessional  " ;  all  united 
in  saying  that  the  class  had  never  had  a  more  enjoyable 
meeting.  Richards'  poem,  which  appears  below,  both  because 
it  ought  to  be  preserved  and  that  the  absent  may  also  enjoy 
it,  was  highly  appreciated  and  warmly  applauded. 

A  delegation  from  '97  visited  us,  and  cheers  and  good 
wishes  were  exchanged. 

Holden  sent  us  a  "  telephone  "  message  by  private  wire, 
which  was  in  his  usual  happy  vein  and  much  enjoyed.  There 
were  five  large  pages  brimming  full  of  humor,  love,  and  good- 
will. It  was  one  only,  but  one  of  the  best,  of  the  good  things 
that  all  of  you  missed  who  were  not  there. 

The  absent  and  the  gone  before  were  all  lovingly  remem- 
bered. The  whole  occasion  was  one  to  be  thought  of  with 
agreeable  remembrances,  and  its  next  repetition  to  be  looked 
forward  to  with  eager  anticipations.  The  hearty  handgrasp 
and  the  cheerful  Godspeed  of  classmates  give  pleasure, 
courage,  and  strength.  Past  trials  and  disappointments  are 
lessened  in  magnitude,  and  the  future  takes  on  a  brighter  hue. 

FORTY  YEARS  AFTER 

Wake  from  your  Rip  Van  Winkle  sleep, 

Proud  Sixty,  best  of  all  the  classes! 
You've  had  a  nap;  from  slumber  deep 

Arise,  ere  yet  the  daylight  passes. 

You're  still  beneath  the  elms  of  Yale; 

The  college  bell  will  soon  be  ringing 
Its  summons  out ;  we  must  not  fail, 

But  quick  to  meet  the  Prof,  be  springing. 

*  Under  date  of  July  17,  Foules  writes: 

11  I  would  have  been  glad  to  have  met  you  all  on  June  26,  but  my 
health  has  been  so  bad  for  the  last  three  years  that  I  have  scarcely 
been  out  of  my  yard  for  that  length  of  time.  Remember  me  to  any 
of  my  classmates  you  should  happen  to  meet,  and  if  any  of  them  should 
happen  down  my  way,  give  me  a  call,  and  I  will  promise  each  and  all 
of  them  a  hearty  reception." 


Class  Meetings  and  Records  53 

What!  rather  stiff  in  all  your  joints? 

And  racked  with  dire  rheumatic  twinges? 
And  you,  who  gave  the  sprinter  points, 

Are  your  knees  rusty  on  their  hinges? 

And  what's  the  matter  with  your  hair, 

Which  yesterday  was  full  and  flowing? 
A  scalping-knife  has  sure  been  there, 

And  snowdrifts  through  your  beard  been  blowing. 

And  what's  the  matter  with  my  muse? 

She  limps;  her  voice  is  hoarse  and  raucous, 
As  though  her  shouts  had  been  let  loose 

In  many  a  noisy  party  caucus. 

Old?  Nonsense!  for  we  still  are  boys, 

The  roistering  sons  of  brave  old  Eli ! 
What  lies  the  almanac  employs! 

To-night  a  college  stripling  feel  I. 

Come  on  across  the  campus  now; 

We  go  to  meet  Professor  Hadley. 
If  you  should  "  flunk,"  there'll  be  a  row! 

His  trenchant  wit  will  spear  you  sadly. 

If  you  should  "  fizzle  "  (how  absurd!), 

Well  may  your  nerves  be  all  a-quiver! 
He'll  take  your  heart  out,  as  the  bird 

Dissected  out  Prometheus'  liver. 

Come  on!  —  but,  bless  me,  what  a  change! 

Where  are  the  dear,  familiar  features? 
How  could  one  night  so  disarrange 

The  campus,  halls,  and  college  teachers? 

Where  is  the  dear  old  college  fence, 

The  roost  of  many  generations, 
Where  'neath  the  elm-trees'  leafy  tents 

Rose  rousing  songs  and  mock  orations? 

And  where  has  gone  the  "  Old  Brick  Row," 
The  old  "  North  Middle,"  and  "  South  College,". 

In  which  we  crammed  and  frolicked  so, 

And  stuffed  our  heads  with  classic  knowledge? 

I  do  not  see  the  college  clock 

Look  kindly  from  the  Chapel  steeple : 
Somehow  the  boys  seem  different  stock  — 

A  cruder,  vealier  sort  of  people. 


54  Class  of  Sixty 

I  miss  Prof.  Newton's  step  so  spry; 

The  kindly  face  of  dear  old  Thacher, 
The  gleam  of  Woolsey's  flashing  eye, 

Of  college  Prexes  the  out-matcher. 

Hark!  hear  Bob  Davis  and  his  chum 
Sing  "  Glory,  glory,  hallelujah!  " 

And  others,  "  Swe-vil-a-wee-dum-bum !  "  — 
You  don't  like  new  songs  better,  do  you? 

And  where  has  gone  the  "  Wooden  Spoon  "? 

And  where  the  "  Brothers,"  and  "  Linonia  "? 
Have  they  not  vanished  all  too  soon? 

Can  any  other  clubs  be  tonier? 

Alas!  some  devilish,  magic  art 

Has  worked  a  monstrous  transformation! 

The  Yale  in  which  we  bore  a  part 
Is  swallowed  in  a  new  creation. 

What's  that  you  say?  —  "  We're  sleeping  yet 
And  of  a  golden  past  are  dreaming  "? 

Then  rouse,  and  rub  your  eyes,  and  get 
A  view  of  facts,  not  fancies  seeming. 

Ah,  yes!  we  see  'tis  four  decades 

Since  we  went  forth  with  hearts  a-flutter; 

Went,  making  love  to  beauteous  maids; 
Began  to  earn  our  bread  and  butter. 

Full  forty  glorious  years  have  sped 

Since  we  roamed  o'er  the  college  campus: 

We  went  to  work  with  hand  and  head, 
Determined  that  no  fate  should  cramp  us. 

And  we  have  filled  these  twoscore  years 
With  gallant  deeds  in  life's  fierce  battle: 

We  fought  to  win,  o'er  doubts  and  fears; 
We  lived  for  action,  not  mere  prattle. 

In  varied  work  in  many  lands 

We've  had  a  story  somewhat  checkered; 

But  we  rejoice  as  we  clasp  hands 
That  we  can  boast  of  Sixty's  record. 

Our  score  of  lawyers  worthy  are 

To  wear  the  ermined  gown  of  Judges; 

No  stain  doth  their  escutcheon  mar; 
Not  one  from  honor's  standard  budges. 


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And  when  went  out  the  startling  news 

That  Sixty  sent  out  seventeen  preachers, 
The  world  stood  trembling  in  its  shoes, 

For  fear  there'd  be  a  glut  of  Beechers. 

Our  fifteen  doctors,  armed  with  drugs, 

Went  forth  to  soothe  neuralgia's  frenzy; 
To  kill  microbic  germs  and  bugs, 

And  get  a  grip  on  influenza. 

Our  merchants,  journalists,  and  such,  — 

Professors,  teachers,  soldiers,  brokers, 
Have  with  the  modern  world  kept  touch, 

All  brave,  strong  men,  and  never  croakers. 

Two  wars  have  called  our  men  a-field, 

And  we  have  had  our  share  of  heroes; 
And  their  great  record  proof  doth  yield 

That  Sixty  furnishes  no  zeroes. 

No  knight  of  Arthur's  Table  Round 

Faced  death  more  bravely,  and  defied  her, 

Than  Henry  Camp,  who  glory  found 

With  Hebard,  Johnston,  Ogden,  Schneider. 

And  twoscore  soldiers  more  beside, 

Marched  'neath  our  country's  starry  banner 

And  fought  with  courage  true  and  tried, 
Till  Peace  rang  out  her  glad  "  Hosanna!  ". 

And  we  have  had  an  ample  share 

In  Mother  Yale's  immense  advances: 
Her  progress  is  our  joy  and  care, 

Her  story  great  our  soul  entrances. 

When  "  Fellows  "  three  she  needed  sore 

To  fill  her  famous  corporation, 
She  knew  in  Sixty  there  were  more 

Good  fellows  than  in  all  creation. 

She  cried,  "  Oh,  give  me  three,  I  pray, 

To  swell  young  Yale's  loud  diapason!  " 
We  answered  her  without  delay 

And  gave  her  Phelps  and  Young  and  Mason. 

We  walk  to-day  'neath  Phelps's  arch, 

And  visit  Marsh's  hall  of  science; 
To  Richards'  "  Gym."  then  proudly  march, 

Where  they  turn  out  such  little  giants. 


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Our  men  have  helped  set  such  a  pace 

In  training  men  of  brain  and  muscle, 
That  when  we  match  in  any  race, 

We  make  proud  Harvard  sweat  and  hustle 

New  power  may  Alma  Mater  get ; 

We  greet  her  growing  splendor  gladly; 
We've  lived  to  see  the  great  quartet 

Of  Woolsey,  Porter,  Dwight,  and  Hadley. 

And  he  who  stands  now  at  the  helm 

Was  in  our  day  "  Prof.  Jimmie's  baby  "; 

But  yet,  like  some  high-towering  elm, 
He'll  beat  all  predecessors,  maybe. 

The  stars  are  thickening  in  our  sky, 
The  sunset  glow  fades  in  the  gloaming, 

And  we  shall  join  those,  by  and  by, 

Who  now  in  heavenly  fields  are  roaming. 

Yet  still  with  steady  step  and  strong 

We  march  with  Yale's  grand  ensign  o'er  us. 

And  lift  our  voices  loud  and  long 
To  sing  to  her  our  gladsome  chorus. 

Fling  out  the  banner  of  the  blue, 

And  let  it  wave  in  all  its  beauty! 
Live  on,  live  long,  dear  Mother  true, 

For  God  and  manhood,  truth  and  duty! 

C.  H.  Richards. 

RECESSIONAL 

AIR —  "  Auld  Lang  Syne  ". 
Once  more  we  gather  here,  my  boys, 

Though  forty  years  have  flown 
Since  those  glad  days  of  youthful  joys 

Old  Yale  to  us  made  known. 
We  talk  together  of  the  ways 

Our  feet  since  then  have  trod, 
We  place  the  crown  of  memory's  bays  )  „. 

On  names  these  years  have  starred.      ) 

We're  veterans  in  life's  warfare  now, 

Though  still  our  hearts  beat  young; 
Before  the  passing  years  we  bow, 

Yet  stand  we  brave  and  strong. 
To-night  we  drink  the  wine  of  life, 

To-morrow  we  must  part  — 
Once  more  the  cares,  once  more  the  strife,  )  „ . 

To  meet  with  steadfast  heart.  f 


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But  on  until  the  years  shall  end 

For  each  one  in  his  turn, 
To  Sixty  shall  our  thoughts  still  tend, 

For  her  our  love  shall  burn. 
God  bless  us  all  and  all  who're  ours; 

God  guide  our  steps  aright, 
Until  we  reach  celestial  bowers, —  )  „ . 

Heaven's  morning  after  night.      ) 

Oliver  A.  Kingsbury. 


Sixty  at  the  Bicentennial.  Great  is  Yale,  and  great  was  her 
Bicentennial.  Volumes  of  description  could  give  but  a  faint 
conception  of  the  greatness  and  grandeur  of  the  occasion. 
Weather  clear,  warm,  and  superb,  even  for  October.  For 
outdoor  events  it  was  simply  perfect.  The  city's  welcome 
by  mottoes,  decorations,  and  loving  sentiments  was  worthy 
of  the  home  of  Yale.  The  night  procession  was  an  event  not 
seen  in  many  lifetimes.  Fancy  representations  by  the  various 
classes,  and  by  representatives  from  other  institutions,  were 
brilliant,  practical,  suggestive,  and  successful.  New  Haven 
never  before  saw  the  like. 

The  Secretary  was  absent  by  reason  of  the  sickness  and 
death  of  his  wife.  Hence  plans  for  the  part  '60  was  to  take 
in  the  procession  had  not  been  fully  perfected. 

But  we  were  much  in  evidence  along  the  route  watching  the 
parade,  and  much  in  evidence  also  in  the  outdoor  event  when 
we  saw  Yale's  history  dramatically  outlined.  Seven  thousand 
alumni  made  the  air  vocal,  if  not  with  harmony,  yet  always 
with  cheers  and  songs  galore,  led  by  the  undergraduates  and 
a  splendid  band. 

We  made  a  triumphal  march  to  the  theater  where  the 
degrees  were  conferred,  the  class  being  led  by  Joe  Clay  and 
H.  E.  Barnes,  Secretary  pro  tern.,  and  en  route  we  showed  the 
Yale  kids  swarming  about  how  to  cheer  in  the  good  old- 
fashioned  hurrah!  and  they  responded  with  the  modern 
"  'Rah,  'rahs." 

That  assemblage  at  the  Hyperion  —  who  could  describe  it  ? 
The  world  never  saw  its  equal  and  never  will,  until  Yale  has 
her  bi-and-a-half-centennial.  The  world's  greatest  scholars 
from  two  or  three  continents  on  the  platform,  and  the  Class 
of  '60  in  the  first  balcony!  That  neat,  pertinent,  crisp  little 
speech  by  Theodore  Roosevelt,  President  of  the  United  States; 


5  8  Class  of  Sixty 

the  marvellously  felicitous  words  of  President  Hadley  in  con- 
ferring the  large  numbers  of  degrees;  the  roar  of  voices 
greeting  distinguished  strangers, —  all  made  it  an  occasion 
unsurpassed  and  unsurpassable. 

The  class  met  and  Secretary  pro  tern.  Barnes  was  in  the 
chair.  No  special  business  was  transacted,  but  an  hour  and 
a  quarter  was  spent  in  mutual  interchange  of  news,  and  with 
tributes  of  love  and  respect  to  classmates  Chapell  and  Mason, 
recently  deceased.  Mrs.  J.  L.  Daniels,  now,  alas,  the  late 
Mrs.  Daniels,  was  present  at  the  meeting,  and  was  invited 
to  sit  with  us  as  an  honorary  member. 

There  were  present  at  the  meeting:  H.  E.  Barnes,  Bunnell, 
Bunce,  Daniels,  Dunham,  Hale,  Hart,  Knowlton,  Loomis, 
Marshall,  Park,  and  Snell.  Besides,  there  were  present  in  the 
city:  C.  H.  Richards,  E.  L.  Richards,  Colton,  W.  L.  Bradley, 
Owen,  Fairchild,  Higgins,  Johnson,  Kittredge,  Smith,  Clay, 
Haight,  and  White;  twenty -five  in  all. 

Forty-fifth  Year,  June  27,  1905.  Lowndes  Davis  had  writ- 
ten that  he  would  be  there,  and  so  had  Mason  Young.  Hart 
had  expected  to  go  even  if  he  had  to  walk,  but  he  was  pros- 
trated by  another  attack  of  pneumonia.  Unavoidable  business 
engagements  kept  Foster,  Haight,  Johnson,  and  Pennington 
away.  Kingsbury  was  detained  by  a  complication  of  circum- 
stances, Smith  by  a  professional  engagement,  and  Willson  by 
the  order  of  his  physician. 

Nevertheless  there  were  Ball,  H.  E.  Barnes,  Beckley, 
Colton,  Daniels,  Dunham,  Dutton,  Fairchild,  Furbish,  Higgins, 
Holden,  Knowlton,  Leach,  Marshall,  Norton,  Owen,  C.  H. 
Richards,  E.  L.  Richards,  Siglar,  Willcox,  Wheeler,  Bunce, 
and  Hervey,  looking  as  alert  and  as  ready  for  pleasure  or 
business  as  they  did  forty -five  years  ago. 

As  listeners,  the  class  was  well  represented  at  the  meeting  in 
Alumni  Hall.  Among  the  gratifying  items  of  news  handed 
down  by  President  Hadley  was  the  official  announcement  of 
the  gift  of  ten  thousand  dollars  to  the  Yale  Infirmary  by  Mrs. 
William  H.  Hurlbut,  as  a  memorial  to  her  husband.  A  room 
with  special  reference  to  the  needs  of  poorer  students  is  pro- 
vided for.  The  great  audience  cheered  this,  with  other  similar 
gifts,  as  Yale  men  of  our  time  know  how  to  cheer.  No  an- 
nouncement in  the  president's  report  was  received  with 
heartier   greeting,    and    with   louder   and    longer   continued 


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applause,  than  the  decision  to  save  the  old  library  building 
practically  intact.  Highly  prized  and  endeared  associations 
are  to  receive  consideration  at  the  hands  of  the  authorities  as 
well  as  architect's  ideas  of  harmonious  development. 

After  the  report,  speeches  were  made  by  representative  men 
of  three  different  classes  holding  reunions.  The  class  of  1855 
had  a  representative  upon  the  program  and  the  next  academic 
class  was  1885.  The  attendance  in  Alumni  Hall  was  certainly 
greater  than  it  was  five  years  ago,  when  each  class  holding  a 
reunion  was  represented  by  a  speaker. 

At  noon  the  class  met  at  room  B2,  Osborn  Hall,  for  busi- 
ness. Daniels  was  made  chairman.  Notice  was  given  that 
Mrs.  Champion  would  be  pleased  to  receive  the  class  at  her 
residence,  and  that  she  had  numerous  pots  of  ivy,  lineal 
descendants  of  our  original  plant,  which  she  would  gladly  have 
members  accept  for  growing  at  their  own  homes.  The  ques- 
tion of  a  class  history  was  taken  up  and  discussed  at  length. 
Since  our  graduation  we  have  had  seven  separate  publications, 
records,  reports,  etc.,  with  more  or  less  biographical  matter, 
spread  over  three  hundred  and  seventy-two  pages.  Various 
points  of  interest  about  a  class  book  were  considered.  The 
conclusion  of  the  whole  matter  was  that  it  was  voted  with 
enthusiastic  unanimity  to  have  the  class  history  compiled, 
written  up  to  date,  and  printed.  An  editorial  committee, 
consisting  of  Eugene  Richards,  Dunham,  and  Daniels,  was 
associated  with  the  Secretary,  to  prepare  the  same.  C.  H. 
Richards  was  appointed  leader  for  the  prayer-meeting, 
Daniels  elected  to  preside  at  the  dinner  in  the  evening,  and 
Leach  was  again  elected  Class  Secretary.  Adjournment  to 
the  steps  of  the  Library  Building  was  then  had  and  a  picture 
of  the  class  was  taken  by  Pach.  In  our  forty -fifth  anni- 
versary group  there  are  twenty-three:  Ball,  H.  E.  Barnes, 
Beckley,  Colton,  Daniels,  Dunham,  Dutton,  Fairchild,  Fur- 
bish, Higgins,  Holden,  Knowlton,  Leach,  Marshall,  Norton, 
Owen,  C.  H.  Richards,  E.  L.  Richards,  Siglar,  Wheeler,  Will- 
cox,  Bunce,  and  Hervey. 

At  one  o'clock  we  went  to  luncheon,  which  was  served  in  a 
room  which  was  formerly  Professor  Thacher's  study,  in  the 
old  residence  of  President  Day.  An  attractive  bill  of  fare  was 
none  the  less  well  relished  in  such  historic  surroundings. 
Norton  read  a  letter  from  Hurlbut,  which  he  had  received  soon 
after  his  recovery  from  his  long  illness.     It  was  pathetic  in 


60  Class  of  Sixty 

showing  how  the  man  was  trying  to  recover  his  bearings  after 
some  years  of  oblivion,  and  also  for  interest  in  and  love  for 
the  class.  After  luncheon,  baseball  for  those  who  love  the 
game;  a  renewal  of  old  associations  for  some,  and  a  look  about 
to  see  Yale's  new  buildings  for  others. 

The  hour  of  social  prayer  and  religious  experience  was 
enjoyed  in  loving  unison  by  Barnes,  Beckley,  Colton,  Daniels, 
Dunham,  Furbish,  Higgins,  Knowlton,  Marshall,  C.  H. 
Richards,  and  Hervey. 

The  viands  of  a  generous  dinner  menu  were  enjoyed  in  the 
same  room  where  we  had  had  our  luncheon ;  and  after  about 
two  hours  devoted  to  its  discussion,  Chairman  Daniels  began 
the  speaking  of  the  evening  in  some  apt  and  well  chosen 
remarks,  setting  the  keynote  for  the  speaking  by  each  class- 
mate that  was  to  follow.  Reminiscences,  anecdotes,  personal 
experiences,  remembrances  of  the  living  and  the  dead,  the 
present  and  the  absent,  succeeded  and  followed  one  another 
quickly  about  the  tables,  and  in  this  way  three  of  the  shortest 
hours  of  our  lives  were  rapidly  passed.  Loving  and  sympa- 
thetic letters  from  those  who  were  unwillingly  absent  were  not 
forgotten.  As  became  men  of  our  youth,  we  adjourned  soon 
after  midnight,  after  joining  in  "  Auld  Lang  Syne,"  led  by 
Charley  Richards. 

Holden  read  us  some  extracts  from  the  diary  of  a  Freshman 
of  1856,  which  were  a  laughable  compound  of  fact  and  fiction, 
fun  and  fancy,  which  we  enjoyed  to  the  limit.  It  was  one  of 
the  many  good  things  in  the  crowded  hours  of  the  reunion 
that  the  boys  who  failed  to  get  there  "  wouldn't  have  missed 
for  anything."  Much  of  this  related  to  the  fun  we  did  have, 
and  which  we  might  have  had,  in  connection  with  the  election- 
eering for  the  "  Brothers  "  and  "  Linonia,"  the  "  Statement 
of  Facts,"  "  Freshman  Pow-Wow,"  "  Burial  of  Euclid," 
"  Thanksgiving  Jubilee,"  and  other  college  institutions  of  our 
day,  now  defunct,  and  of  which  the  poor  student  of  to-day 
knows  nothing  except  by  faint  and  misty  tradition,  but  instead 
he  has  his  choice  among  two  hundred  forty-nine  elective 
courses,  lately  reduced  from  two  hundred  sixty-three  or 
thereabout,  wherewithal  to  comfort  his  soul,  improve  his 
mind,  and  preserve  his  morals. 

Adjourned  till  June,  19 to. 


Biographical  Record  of  Graduates 


*  George  Waterman  Arnold  was  the  son  of  Burrill  Arnold, 
of  Centreville,  R.  I.,  and  was  born  at  Johnstown,  R.  I., 
October  19,  1840.  He  entered  college  with  his  class  in  1856, 
and  maintained  a  fair  stand  in  scholarship  and  as  a  debater 
in  the  Brothers'  Hall.  He  was  above  all  conscientious  in  all 
his  habits  and  pursuits. 

After  graduation  he  studied  law,  first  in  the  office  of 
Green  &  Anthony  in  Providence,  and  afterward  in  the  law 
school  at  Cambridge,  Mass.  In  October,  1862,  he  enlisted  as 
a  private  in  the  Twelfth  Rhode  Island  Regiment,  and  was 
soon  after  made  a  sergeant.  In  November,  he  was  taken  ill 
with  typhoid  fever,  and  when  his  regiment,  which  had  been 
stationed  in  the  defenses  of  Washington,  was  sent  forward, 
he  was  left  behind  in  Fairfax  Seminary  Hospital,  where  he 
died  December  8,  1862,  in  his  twenty-third  year. 

11  No  trait  seemed  so  prominent  in  his  character  as  his  manly  and 
firm  devotion  to  a  principle  which  he  had  once  adopted.  He  would 
talk  for  it,  no  matter  who  opposed,  and  defend  it  on  all  occasions. 
Politics,  not  in  a  bad  sense,  seemed  to  be  his  favorite  subject,  and  he 
was  always  on  the  side  of  freedom  and  justice.  His  love  of  these,  I 
have  no  doubt,  was  his  motive  for  enlisting.  For  these,  which  he  so 
ably  defended  in  college  debates,  he  finally  gave  his  life." 

Alonzo  Brayton  Ball,  son  of  Alonzo  S.  and  E.  W.  Ball,  was 
born  in  New  York  City,  February  10,  1840.  He  entered 
college  with  his  class,  and  after  graduation,  until  May,  1862, 
he  studied  medicine  in  New  York ;  he  then  entered  the  serv- 
ice of  the  sanitary  commission,  and  was  so  employed  during 
the  Peninsular  Campaign,  and  afterward,  until  February, 
1863,  in  the  Military  Hospital  at  Frederick,  Md.  He  then 
returned  home  and  completed  his  medical  studies,  graduating 
at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  March  and 
delivering  the  valedictory  address  at  the  Commencement. 
He  served  as  senior  assistant  physician  and  as  house  physi- 
cian in  the  New  York  Hospital,  from  July,  1863,  to  December, 

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62  Class  of  Sixty 

1864.  He  then  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  the 
city,  and  has  continued  it  ever  since  with  great  success.  He 
has  contributed  articles  of  marked  value  to  the  medical 
journals. 

Other  appointments  and  positions  which  he  has  held  and 
filled  most  acceptably  are: 

Professor  of  materia  medica  in  the  Women's  Medical 
College  of  the  New  York  Infirmary,  during  the  sessions  of 
1868-69  and  1869-70;  lecturer  in  the  New  York  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  in  the  spring  of  1870  and  following; 
physician  to  Bellevue  Hospital,  1883-88;  physician  to 
St.  Luke's  Hospital,  1881-97,  consulting  physician  since 
the  latter  date;  physician  to  New  York  Hospital,  1 888-1 905, 
consulting  physician  now;  professor  of  clinical  medicine  in 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Columbia  University; 
honorary  member  of  Association  of  American  Physicians; 
member  County  Medical  Society,  of  New  York  Academy  of 
Medicine,  and  of  New  York  Medical  and  Surgical  Society. 

He  was  married,  March  15,  1866,  to  Miss  Helen  S.  Stone, 
daughter  of  Edward  Stone,  Esq.,  of  Kingsbridge,  N.  Y. 
They  had  two  children,  a  daughter  and  a  son. 

Edwin  Randolph  Barnes,  son  of  Josiah  and  Delia  Marsh 
Barnes,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  September  2,  1838.  He 
entered  college  with  the  class,  having  been  fitted  at  a  private 
school  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.  After  graduation  he  traveled 
in  the  West  for  some  months. 

He  then  went  to  work  on  Iona  Island  in  the  Hudson  River, 
to  acquire  a  knowledge  of  grape  culture,  which  was  attracting 
a  good  deal  of  attention  at  that  time.  This,  with  the  subjects 
of  landscape  gardening  and  rural  architecture,  occupied  his 
time  and  thoughts  until  the  developments  of  the  Civil  War 
led  him  to  believe  that  he  must  abandon  these  pursuits  and 
take  up  the  study  of  medicine. 

In  October,  1861,  he  entered  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  in  New  York  City,  and  after  graduating  from  that 
institution,  practiced  his  profession  in  Brooklyn  for  about 
one  year.  In  1862,  he  served  as  ward  master  on  the  hospital 
transport  Daniel  Webster,  in  connection  with  McClellan's 
army.  In  1863,  he  served  as  acting  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
Eighth  Regiment  of  the  National  Guard  of  New  York  state, 


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during  the  campaign  caused  by  General  Lee's  invasion  of 
Pennsylvania,  including  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  Lee's 
retreat,  and  recrossing  the  Potomac.  In  1864,  ne  served  as 
acting  assistant  surgeon  in  United  States  Army  from  May 
till  January,  1865,  at  Chattanooga,  Tenn.     He  writes: 

This  was  during  the  campaign  of  General  Sherman.  When  he  had 
marched  across  the  country  and  captured  Savannah,  Chattanooga 
ceased  to  be  a  point  of  importance,  and  officers  and  men  rapidly  left. 
For  thirty  days  we  had  been  isolated  by  the  movements  of  the  Con- 
federate army  under  General  Hood,  whose  attacks  on  General  Sher- 
man's communications  in  the  rear  had  opened  the  way  for  the  general's 
famous  march  to  the  sea.  At  length  the  battle  of  Nashville  destroyed 
Hood's  army,  and  enabled  us  to  learn  what  had  been  going  on  in  the 
world.  The  position  I  held  at  Chattanooga  was  one  of  some  impor- 
tance.    I  drew  medicine  officially  for  six  thousand  men. 

After  he  retired  from  army  service,  he  returned  to  his 
native  city  and  began  practicing  medicine  and  surgery  there. 
From  1872  to  1878,  inclusive,  he  was  attending  surgeon  on 
the  staff  of  the  Buffalo  General  Hospital. 

Barnes's  family  has  a  Yale  record  that,  perhaps,  has  few 
rivals.  Both  his  paternal  and  maternal  grandfathers  were 
graduates:  Jonathan  Barnes,  1784;  Truman  Marsh,  1786. 
Jonathan  Barnes  had  three  sons,  Jonathan,  1810;  Julius  S., 
1815;  Josiah,  father  of  Edwin  R.,  1825.  Lewis  Barnes, 
1847,  was  a  son  of  Julius  S. ;  George  S.  Buck,  1896,  was  a 
grandson  of  Josiah. 

He  married,  June  6,  1905,  Mrs.  Theresa  Osborne,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Mitchell. 

Henry  Elbert  Barnes,  son  of  Selah  and  Ada  L.  Barnes,  was 
born  at  Southington,  Conn.,  October  31,  1832. 

He  entered  college  during  the  second  term  of  Freshman 
year,  and,  after  graduation,  began  studies  for  the  ministry 
at  the  Chicago  Theological  Seminary,  where  he  remained  two 
years,  preaching  also  a  part  of  the  time  at  Crystal  Lake.  In 
the  fall  of  1862,  he  served  as  army  chaplain  in  the  southwest; 
afterward  he  resumed  his  studies  in  Chicago,  completing  them 
in  the  winter  of  1864.  He  was  then  called  to  the  pastorate 
of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Newton,  la.,  remain- 
ing there  until  July,  1868,  when  he  accepted  a  call  from  the 
church  at  Moline,  111.  Resigning  that  pastorate,  he  went  to 
the    Central    Congregational    Church    at    Worcester,    Mass., 


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which  he  left  November  i,  1876,  to  accept  a  call  to  the  Centre 
Church,  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  for  ten  years. 
He  was  temporary  supply  in  a  Boston  church  for  six  months, 
and  in  May,  1887,  went  to  Sherbrooke,  Canada,  where  he 
remained  five  years.  While  there  he  was  offered  the  highest 
office  in  the  gift  of  a  delegate  body  representing  the  Congre- 
gational churches  of  the  Dominion. 

On  his  return  to  this  country,  after  serving  for  a  time  as 
temporary  supply  in  Worcester,  he  accepted  a  call  to  the 
church  in  North  Andover  in  1893,  and  remained  there  until 
September,  1904,  when  he  resigned,  closing  his  active  pastor- 
ate, but  still  preaching  as  opportunity  offers.  He  has  been 
in  the  active  ministry  forty -four  years,  preaching  each  Sun- 
day, except  when  prevented  by  brief  periods  of  ill  health. 

He  served  two  terms  of  three  months  each  as  moderator 
of  the  Boston  Congregational  Ministers'  weekly  meetings. 
He  was  vice-president,  and  acting  president  for  a  time,  of 
the  Boston  Interdenominational  Evangelical  Alliance.  In 
1898,  he  was  one  of  the  university  preachers  at  Cornell  Uni- 
versity. He  was  five  times  a  delegate  to  the  Triennial  Con- 
gregational Council,  a  national  body,  including  the  first 
meeting  in  187 1,  when  the  council  was  formed.  He  was 
commander  of  the  G.  A.  R.  post  in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  in  1900. 
In  June,  1904,  he  gave  the  historical  address  at  the  centennial 
of  Monson  Academy.  In  1887,  he  received  the  degree  of 
D.D.  from  Iowa  College.  During  two  of  his  pastorates, 
new  church  edifices  were  built,  one  costing  thirty -five  thousand 
dollars;  in  another,  the  edifice  was  entirely  rebuilt,  and  in 
all  the  other  churches  where  he  was  installed,  extensive 
improvements  were  made.  Many  of  his  sermons  have  been 
published  in  full  in  the  newspapers,  and  from  others  copious 
extracts  have  been  made,  while  several  have  been  printed  in 
pamphlet  form  at  the  request  of  various  congregations. 

He  was  married,  at  Evanston,  111.,  May  1,  1862,  to  Miss 
Eliza  S.  Carpenter,  of  Warren,  Mass.  She  died  July  7,  1904. 
They  had  five  children,  three  sons  and  two  daughters;  the 
older  daughter  died  in  infancy,  the  younger  is  the  head  of  his 
household.  His  oldest  son  graduated  at  Harvard  in  the  class 
of  1884,  and  is  practicing  law  in  Minneapolis.  The  second 
son  is  manager  for  a  manufacturing  concern  in  Boston,  and 
the  third  is  a  broker  in  Hartford,  Conn. 


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*  Erastus  Chittenden  Beach,  son  of  Charles  and  Fanny 
(Mansir)  Beach,  was  born  in  Barker,  N.  Y.,  July  24,  1834, 
and  died  at  Cortland,  N.  Y.,  May  17,  1903,  in  his  sixty -ninth 
year. 

After  graduation  he  devoted  much  of  his  life  to  teaching, 
first,  for  about  a  year,  at  West  Chester,  Pa.,  a  short  time  at 
Cooperstown,  N.  Y.,  and  then  a  year  or  more  at  Albion,  Wis. 
In  September,  1864,  he  became  principal  of  the  Cortland 
Village  Academy,  and  in  July,  1866,  of  the  Plainfield,  N.  J., 
High  School.  In  1868,  he  taught  at  Whitney's  Point,  N.  Y., 
and  then  turned  his  attention  to  fruit  raising  in  Vin eland, 
N.  J.  After  an  experience  of  a  year  or  two  in  this,  he  resumed 
teaching,  removing  to  Hanover,  Pa.  In  1875,  he  engaged  in 
the  drug  business  at  Newport,  Pa.,  but  in  1885  moved  to 
Cortland,  N.  Y.,  where  he  afterward  resided,  and  where  he 
died  from  paralysis,  after  an  illness  of  over  three  years. 
From  early  manhood  he  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church. 

He  married,  July  12,  1865,  Mary  C,  daughter  of  Martin 
and  Margaret  (Keep )  Merrick,  of  Cortland,  N.  Y.  Their 
only  child,  a  son,  died  while  a  senior  at  Cornell  University,  in 
1893. 

Ferdinand  Beach,  son  of  Dennis  Beach,  Esq.,  was  born  in 
Milford,  Conn.,  June  19,  1838. 

The  fall  after  graduation  he  went  South  and  took  charge 
of  an  academy  in  North  Carolina,  where  he  remained  until 
June,  1 86 1.  After  hostilities  had  commenced,  he  had  some 
differences  of  opinion  with  the  military  authorities,  and, 
thinking  the  climate  at  the  North  more  healthful,  he  made 
his  way  home  by  a  long  and  circuitous  route,  overcoming 
numerous  obstacles  and  difficulties.  The  following  year  he 
passed  in  teaching  and  in  the  study  of  medicine.  The  next 
year  he  continued  his  medical  studies  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and 
the  winter  of  1863-64  he  graduated  from  the  Yale  Medical 
School,  and,  removing  to  New  York  City,  began  the  practice 
of  his  profession.  He  is  a  most  skillful  and  successful  general 
practitioner,  a  fact  of  which  the  secretary  and  his  family 
have  had  repeated  experiences.     He  writes: 

For  our  class  history  there  is  nothing  of  interest  in  my  uneventful 
life.     I  practice  my  profession  and  hitherto  have  gained  a  comfortable 


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living  thereby,  though  I  have  no  faculty  for  making  money.  I've 
never  been  capable  of  combining  business  methods  with  the  practice  of 
medicine.  In  fact,  I  do  believe  the  two  are  incompatible;  and  some- 
times I  say  the  doctor  ought  to  know  nothing  about  money.  He  ought 
to  be  like  John  the  Baptist,  clad  in  camel's  hair  and  subsisting  upon 
locusts  and  wild  honey,  only  that  he  would  have  to  substitute  glucose 
for  wild  honey  in  this  the  hey-day  of  pretension,  sham,  subterfuge, 
and  fraud. 

I  have  four  children,  all  of  them  sound  in  mind  and  body,  and,  so 
far  as  I  can  discern,  all  of  them  heirs  of  the  Puritan  spirit.  With  that 
inheritance  I  shall  never  find  fault.  If  I  can  continue  to  supply  their 
"  prime  necessities  "  and  guide  their  footsteps  a  few  years  longer,  can 
educate  them,  i,  e.,  teach  them  to  fear  God  and  take  their  own  part, 
I  shall  count  myself  happy. 

He  was  married,  October  9,  1893,  to  Annie  Gleason  Short, 
at  East  Orange,  N.  J. 

Children:  Ferdinand  Clifton  Beach,  Marion  Beach,  Eleanor 
Beach,  Elizabeth  Beach. 

John  Werley  Beckley,  son  of  John  R.  and  Elizabeth  Beckley, 
was  born  at  Shelby ville,  Ky.,  October  8,  1839. 

He  entered  college  at  the  beginning  of  Junior  year,  and, 
after  graduating,  returned  to  his  native  city,  where  he  lived 
until  July,  1866,  engaged  in  the  study  and  practice  of  law. 
He  spent  some  time,  however,  in  Nevada  and  California,  and 
upon  his  return  was  elected  county  attorney.  In  1866,  he 
removed  to  Louisville,  where  he  has  ever  since  made  his 
home,  and  continued  the  practice  of  law.  For  the  last  ten 
years  business  has  called  him  to  New  England  the  greater 
part  of  the  time,  but  for  a  home  he  clings  to  his  native  state 
of  Kentucky,  where  his  family  resides.     He  writes: 

Although  among  strangers,  thanks  to  my  Alma  Mater,  I  find  many 
friends.  Those  friendships  formed  at  college  last  forever.  I  am  like 
the  man  who  said  he  would  rather  live  in  the  heart  of  one  than  on  the 
lips  of  a  multitude. 

Time  has  dealt  harshly  with  my  physical  self,  for  my  hair  is  white, 
but  there  is  one  thing  that  time,  as  powerful  as  it  is,  has  not  done, — 
it  has  not  made  me  old.  I  have  only  prospered  somewhat  materially. 
By  looking  at  the  face  of  my  ledger  I  cannot  tell  whether  I  am  rich 
or  poor,  but  in  looking  in  the  faces  of  my  family  and  friends,  I  feel 
rich  indeed. 

He  married,  January  26,  1870,  at  Berkeley  Springs,  Va., 
Miss  Florence  Colston,  of  Baltimore.  They  have  a  son  and 
two  daughters ;  the  son  is  now  a  practicing  lawyer  in  Louisville. 


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*  George  Louis  Beers,  son  of  Davis  and  Susan  Beers,  was 
born  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  December  28,  1839,  and  died  in 
Topeka,  Kan.,  January  17,  1896,  in  his  fifty -seventh  year. 

The  first  two  years  of  his  college  course  he  passed  at  Oberlin, 
and  the  last  two  at  Yale.  After  a  year  of  travel  in  the  West, 
he  began  the  study  of  medicine  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  with 
Robert  Hubbard,  M.D.,  and  in  the  fall  of  1862  entered  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New  York  City,  where 
he  graduated  in  March,  1865.  He  then  settled  in  practice  in 
Bridgeport,  whence  he  removed  in  1873  to  Avon,  Lorain 
County,  Ohio.  In  1879,  he  again  removed  to  Allegheny  City, 
Pa.,  and,  finally,  in  September,  1882,  to  Topeka,  Kan.,  where 
he  was  highly  esteemed  in  his  profession.     Blakesley  writes: 

He  was  thought  by  the  doctors  of  that  city  to  be  a  walking  cyclo- 
pedia of  medical  information. 

He  was  assistant  surgeon  in  the  State  Insane  Asylum, 
having  charge  of  one  building  with  six  wards,  containing  over 
three  hundred  patients.  He  was  also  professor  of  the  Prin- 
ciples and  Practice  of  Medicine  in  the  new  Medical  College  at 
Topeka. 

He  died  after  a  lingering  illness  and  much  suffering,  from  a 
complication  of  Bright's  disease  and  nervous  prostration. 

He  married  Annette  Wilder,  in  Avon,  Ohio,  September  13, 
1882.     He  left  no  children. 

Linus  Blakesley,  son  of  Milo  Blakesley,  was  born  at  Terry  - 
ville,  Conn.,  December  16,   1837. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
Meriden,  N.  H.,  and,  after,  two  years  at  Amherst  College, 
entered  Yale  at  the  beginning  of  Junior  year.  For  three 
years  succeeding  graduation,  he  studied  theology  and  music 
at  Lane  Theological  Seminary  in  Cincinnati,  graduating 
therefrom  in  1863.  The  following  year  he  tutored  in  Hebrew 
in  that  institution.  From  1864  to  1870,  he  was  pastor  of  the 
Second  Presbyterian  Church  in  Piqua,  Ohio.  He  was  then 
called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  in 
Topeka,  Kan.,  where  he  remained  for  twenty -nine  years.  On 
account  of  impaired  health  he  resigned  in  1899,  and  sought 
a  new  lease  of  life  in  the  invigorating  climate  of  El  Paso, 
Tex.,  making  a  business   connection  with  the   International 


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Book  and  Stationery  Company,  and  he  continues  to  reside 
there. 

In  1892,  he  received  the  degree  of  D.D.,  from  Washburn 
College.  He  was  a  trustee  and  secretary  of  that  insti- 
tution for  twenty -five  years.  For  twelve  years  he  was  a 
director  of  Chicago  Theological  Seminary.  He  was  chair- 
man of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Kansas  Home  Mission- 
ary Society  for  ten  years.  He  was  moderator  of  the  General 
Association  of  Congregational  Churches  of  Kansas  three 
times,  and  president  of  the  Topeka  school  board  three  years, 
besides  many  other  positions  not  here  set  down.  He  says  he 
has  not  yet  written  a  book,  that  he  has  not  yet  taken  his 
chloroform,  and  that,  in  fact,  he  never  expects  to  get  beyond 
60. 

He  married,  August  9,  1866,  Miss  Nellie  Treat,  of  Terry  - 
ville,  Conn.  They  have  had  six  children,  three  of  whom  are 
now  living,  two  daughters  and  a  son.  The  son  is  an  editorial 
writer  upon  the  Kansas  City  Star,  and  the  second  daughter 
is  a  teacher  in  the  New  Mexico  College  of  Agriculture  and 
Mechanic  Arts. 

*  Charles  Alfred  Boies,  son  of  Rev.  Artemas  Boies,  of  Keene, 
N.  H.,  was  born  in  Boston,  June,  1838. 

He  entered  college  with  his  class,  and  for  the  first  part  of  the 
year  after  graduation  he  was  instructor  in  the  family  of  Judge 
O'Neill,  of  Fernandina,  Fla.  He  returned  home  in  the  spring, 
sailing  in  the  last  steamer  that  left  Savannah  under  the 
national  flag,  after  the  fall  of  Sumter.  The  following  year  he 
was  a  student  in  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton. 
After  his  return  to  Keene,  he  began  to  preach  in  the  neighbor- 
ing town  of  Roxbury,  and  also  took  an  active  part  in  several 
Sunday  schools  in  his  neighborhood.  In  September,  1862, 
he  entered  the  middle  class  of  the  Andover  Seminary,  but 
owing  to  ill  health  he  returned  home  in  January,  where  he 
died,  May  14,  1863,  aged  twenty -five  years. 

Boies  was  our  class  poet,  and  his  poem  upon  presentation 
day,  of  which  his  class  was,  and  is,  justly  proud,  will  bear 
rereading  to-day,  in  the  light  of  all  our  increasing  years.  As  a 
prose  writer,  he  had  an  attractive  style,  and  his  rank  in 
scholarship  was  high.  No  one  of  the  class  was  better  or  more 
generally  beloved  than  he,  for  he  had  all  the  graces  of  a  kindly 


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heart  revealed  in  his  genial  spirit,  in  considerateness  of  word 
and  deed,  in  simplicity  of  manner  and  a  sympathetic  nature. 

At  our  Triennial  Reunion,  in  response  to  the  toast  to  "  Our 
Deceased  Classmates,"  Daniels  said  of  him,  in  part: 

He  must  have  ripened  fast  for  heaven  in  the  last  years  of  his  life. 
I  have  no  doubt  but  that  in  the  final  day,  his  short  life  will  be  crowned 
with  results  as  great  as  those  who  reach  their  three-score  years  and 
ten.  His  whole  character  seems  to  be  summed  up  in  two  stanzas  of 
his  valedictory  poem: 

"  Living  well  is  not  mere  living 
In  the  cultured  taste  of  schools; 
Tis  not  the  knack  of  business, 
Or  the  hoarded  gold  of  fools : 

"But  an  earnest  life's  deep  passion 

Beating  in  a  kingly  heart, 
With  the  gentle  grace  of  goodness, 
Glorifying  every  part.". 

*  Edward  Boltwood,  son  of  Hon.  Lucius  Boltwood  and 
Fanny  H.  (Shepard )  Boltwood,  was  born  in  Amherst,  Mass., 
September  4,  1839,  and  died  in  Cairo,  Egypt,  on  the  6th  of 
February,  1878,  in  his  thirty -ninth  year. 

He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Boston  after  taking  the 
course  in  the  Law  School  of  Harvard  University.  After  a 
short  time  spent  in  an  office  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  he  removed 
early  in  1863  to  Detroit,  Mich.,  where  he  engaged  in  practice. 
He  was  married,  October  26,  1865,  to  Miss  Sarah  E.,  daughter 
of  Thomas  F.  Plunkett,  of  Pittsfield,  and  the  next  year  re- 
moved to  Grand  Haven,  Mich.  In  1868  he  was  elected  pro- 
bate judge  of  Ottawa  County,  but  resigned  that  office  in  the 
summer  of  1871,  to  accept  the  treasurership  of  the  Berkshire 
Life  Insurance  Company  in  Pittsfield.  After  the  death  of  his 
father-in-law  he  became,  in  January,  1876,  also  president  of 
the  company,  and  continued  to  hold  both  these  offices  until 
his  death.  Under  his  management,  the  good  character  and 
financial  success  of  the  company  were  satisfactorily  pro- 
moted. The  effect  of  too  close  attention  to  business,  follow- 
ing on  the  death  of  his  wife,  was  to  develop  tendencies  to 
consumption  which  foreign  travel  failed  to  overcome.  He 
spent  the  winter  of  1876-77  in  South  Carolina,  and  on  the 
approach  of  the  next  winter  sailed  for  the  south  of  France. 
He  left  Marseilles  for   Cairo,  Egypt,  January  10,  1878,  but 


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the  exposure  of  the  passage  proved  too  great,  and  he  rapidly 
declined  and  his  death  in  Cairo  soon  followed.  He  had  two 
sons,  one  of  whom  survived  him.  His  classmates  will  always 
remember  Boltwood  as  one  of  the  most  genial,  whole-souled, 
good-natured  members  of  the  class.  He  was  a  friend  to  have 
and  to  tie  to. 

*  William  Edward  Bradley,  son  of  Edwin  Bradley,  was  born 
at  Southport,  Conn.,  May  27,  1840,  and  died  at  Frankfort, 
Ky.,  February  16,  1905.  His  death  was  due  to  heart  disease 
and  was  very  sudden. 

After  graduation  he  taught  school  for  some  time  in  South- 
port,  Conn.,  but  in  the  fall  of  1861  he  enlisted  and  became 
lieutenant  in  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  of  Connecticut  Vol- 
unteers. In  October,  1863,  he  was  promoted  captain,  and 
after  serving  with  that  rank  as  brigade  and  post  quarter- 
master, and  as  regimental  commander,  resigned,  and  was 
honorably  discharged  August  24,  1865.  During  his  four 
years  of  army  life,  he  saw  duty  at  Ship  Island,  New  Orleans 
and  Port  Hudson;  narrowly  escaped  death  from  typhoid  at 
Opelousas;  accompanied  Banks's  expedition  up  the  Red 
River;  was  transferred  to  the  Shenandoah  Valley;  then  again, 
in  turn,  to  Savannah  and  Newbern,  and  finally  to  Augusta. 
During  the  winter  succeeding  the  war,  he  visited  Louisiana 
and  Texas  on  business  for  his  father,  and  after  that  he  en- 
gaged in  business  with  him  in  New  York  City,  in  the  sale  of 
foreign  and  domestic  woolens. 

Soon  after  1870,  he  removed  to  Frankfort,  Ky.,  and  became 
an  officer  of  the  W.  A.  Gaines  Co.  corporation,  and  continued 
with  this  concern  and  its  successors  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  was  prominently  identified  with  the  affairs  of  the 
city  and  state  of  his  adoption,  although  he  would  never  con- 
sent to  the  holding  of  any  public  office. 

He  was  twice  married, —  in  1872  to  Miss  Tedesco  Hall,  of 
Perth  Amboy,  N.J.  There  were  no  children  to  this  marriage. 
In  1892,  he  married  Miss  Mary  L.  Hawkins,  of  Frankfort,  Ky. 
His  wife  and  two  sons  survive  him. 

*  William  Lockwood  Bradley,  son  of  Leonard  and  Charlotte 
Selleck  (Lockwood)  Bradley,  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
October  n,  1837,  and  died  at  his  home  in  New  Haven,  June 
12,  1903,  in  his  sixty -sixth  year. 


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For  about  a  year  after  graduation  he  was  employed  in  the 
bookstore  of  Mr.  Pease,  and  then  entered  the  Yale  Medical 
School,  but  left  after  a  few  months  to  become  a  medical  cadet 
at  McKim's  Mansion  Hospital  in  Baltimore.  In  the  fall  of 
1862  he  entered  Belle vue  Hospital,  New  York  City,  but  went 
abroad  the  following  February,  and  spent  eleven  months 
among  the  hospitals  of  Paris,  and  three  months  in  travel  and 
medical  observation  on  the  Continent  and  in  Great  Britain. 
He  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  at  Yale,  in  1864;  m  May, 
1865,  he  returned  to  New  Haven  to  reside,  and  in  June 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession,  making  a  specialty  of 
obstetrics  and  gynecology.  From  1865  to  1877  he  was 
demonstrator  of  anatomy  at  the  Yale  Medical  School.. 

For  some  years  he  was  an  officer  of  the  New  Haven  Medical 
Association,  one  of  the  attending  physicians  and  surgeons  of 
the  General  Hospital,  and  afterwards  a  director,  a  member  of 
the  Prudential  Committee  and  vice-president.  He  was  a 
lecturer  before  the  Connecticut  Training  School  for  Nurses 
and  an  officer  of  the  school.  In  1875,  he  was  made  a  fellow 
of  the  Connecticut  Medical  Society.  He  occasionally  contrib- 
uted articles  to  the  medical  press,  and  was  always  interested 
in  religious  and  philanthropic  work.  For  many  years  he 
was  Class  Secretary,  faithfully  serving  its  interests.  His 
health  had  failed  somewhat  during  the  last  three  years,  but 
there  was  no  indication  that  his  end  was  near.  He  died  very 
suddenly  of  heart  disease.     He  was  never  married. 

William  Merrick  Bristoll  was  the  oldest  child  of  William 
Bontecou  and  Sarah  Merrick  Bristoll,  having  been  born 
September  3,  1839,  at  Milford,  Conn.  At  three  months  he 
was  taken  to  Charleston,  S.  C,  where  his  father  was  established 
in  the  retail  boot,  shoe,  and  trunk  business  on  King  Street. 
At  twelve  years  he  went  back  to  Connecticut,  where  the  Mil- 
ford  High  School,  the  New  Haven  "  Hopkins  Grammar 
School,"  and  Mother  Yale  continued  his  education  until 
July,   i860. 

His  first  teaching  was  as  principal  of  the  village  school  at 
Frankford,  Sussex  County,  Del.,  whence,  in  February,  1861, 
he  was  summoned  to  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  accepted  a  posi- 
tion in  the  St.  Philip  Street  Public  School. 

The  bombardment  of  Fort  Sumter,  of  which  he  was  an  eye 
witness,   broke   all   plans.     He   spent  until   into   September 


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endeavoring  to  save  something  from  the  wreck  of  the  father's 
twenty -five-year-old  business,  but  the  Confederate  States 
Sequestration  Act  intervened,  and  made  a  longer  stay  in 
Dixie  unprofitable.  He  escaped  by  a  toilsome  and  perilous 
ten-day  trip  through  Georgia,  Tennessee,  and  Kentucky, 
reaching  Cincinnati,  then  Connecticut  late  in  September. 

After  a  short  rest,  he  became  principal  of  the  "  Farm  Ridge 
and  Deer  Park  Seminary,"  near  Ottawa,  111. 

December  31,  1 861,  he  resigned  at  Farm  Ridge  to  take  the 
larger  position  of  principal  of  the  Second  Ward  Public  School 
of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and  served  as  such  until  July,  1863. 

July  3,  1863,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  Thirteenth 
Battery,  Wisconsin  Volunteer  Light  Artillery,  received  a 
commission  as  recruiting  officer  in  September,  second  lieu- 
tenant in  January,  1864,  and  first  lieutenant  in  January,  1865. 
His  service,  for  twenty -one  months  of  his  three-year  term,  was 
on  detail  as  depot  ordnance  officer,  sixteen  months  at  New 
Orleans,  and  assigned  on  the  staff  of  the  commanding  general, 
Department  Gulf  and  Military  Division  of  the  Gulf,  as  assistant 
to  the  chief  of  ordnance  of  the  department  and  military  divi- 
sion. He  was  honorably  discharged  June  14,  1866,  having 
been  retained  more  than  eleven  months  after  the  muster  out 
of  his  battery  by  special  authority  from  the  War  Department. 
His  chief's  indorsement  on  request  for  discharge  recommended 
Lieutenant  Bristoll  to  the  favorable  notice  of  the  major- 
general  commanding  (Sheridan),  "for  the  efficient,  faithful, 
and  conscientious  performance  of  the  important  duties  he 
has  fully  and  satisfactorily  completed." 

After  his  military  service,  he  studied  for  two  years  at  the 
Andover  (Mass. )  Theological  Seminary,  and  was  thence 
called,  in  1868,  to  the  professorship  of  the  Latin  language  and 
literature  in  Ripon  College,  Wisconsin. 

At  Ripon  he  was  librarian  of  the  college  from  1868  to  1871, 
registrar  from  1868  to  1872,  and  assistant  treasurer,  1872  to 

i873. 
While  a  member  of  the  Ripon  faculty,  December  1,  1870,  at 

Afton,  Minn.,  Bristoll  married  Rosa  Olds,  the  only  daughter 

of  Leavitt  Ira  and  Rhoda  Ann  Olds,  of  that  village,  and  a 

graduate  of  Ripon  College  in  the  class  of  '70. 

He  resigned  the  Ripon  professorship  of  Latin  in  July,  1873, 

and  accepted  the  chair  of  Latin  at  Atlanta,  Ga.     Here  he  was 


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made  librarian  of  the  Graves  Library,  and  also  placed  in 
charge  of  the  office  of  the  institution.  Because  of  ill  health, 
it  became  necessary  to  resign  the  work  at  the  close  of  the 
year. 

He  removed  to  Yankton,  Dak.  T.,  where  he  became 
principal  of  the  Yankton  Academy,  September,  1874,  the 
academy  being  transformed  into  the  high  school,  in  March, 
1875.  He  was  elected,  February,  1875,  secretary  of  the 
board  of  education  of  the  city  of  Yankton,  and,  ex  officio, 
superintendent  of  city  schools,  and  pro  tern,  principal  of  the 
high  school.  From  this  school  were  sent  forth  the  first  gradu- 
ates from  any  educational  institution  in  the  Dakotas.  After 
making  seven  annual  reports  as  secretary  of  the  board  of 
education,  he  resigned  his  position,  August  31,  1882. 

He  was  professor  of  Latin  and  principal  of  the  preparatory 
department  of  Yankton  College  during  its  first  year,  1882-83. 

He  removed  to  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  August,  1883,  after 
nine  years'  residence  in  Yankton. 

From  1883  to  1884,  he  was  employed  in  the  Hennepin 
County  Savings  Bank,  Minneapolis.  From  1884  to  1886,  he 
was  engaged,  under  the  American  Missionary  Association,  as 
principal  of  Avery  Normal  Institute,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Since  1886  to  the  date  of  this  writing,  May  31,  1905,  Bristoll 
has  been  an  accountant  and  in  the  employ  of  one  house, 
David  P.  Jones  &  Co.  and  their  predecessors  (a  corporation), 
mortgage  loan  brokers,  rental  agents,  and  real  estate  dealers. 
The  head  of  the  house,  David  P.  Jones,  is  the  present  mayor 
(1905)  of  Minneapolis. 

Three  years  of  army  life,  two  of  postgraduate  study, 
twenty  as  a  teacher  and  twenty  as  an  accountant  is  Bristoll's 
record,  briefly  summarized,  of  the  forty -five  years  since 
graduation. 

*  Richard  Baxter  Brown,  son  of  Seneca  and  Sarah  Gould 
Brown,  was  born  in  Hanover,  N.  H.,  April  1,  1834,  and  died 
in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  October  11,  1894,  in  his  sixty -first  year. 
For  nearly  a  year  after  graduation,  he  taught  in  a  private 
family  in  Warrenton,  Miss.,  but  then  succeeded  in  crossing 
the  lines  and  went  to  Boston,  where  he  studied  medicine  for 
a  year.  He  then  served  some  months  as  house  physician 
in  the  Retreat  for  the  Insane  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  after  which 


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he  completed  his  medical  course  at  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  in  New  York  City,  receiving  the  degree  of  M.D. 
in  1864.  On  May  23,  1865,  he  married  Miss  Alice  Howard,  of 
Bridgewater,  Mass.,  sister  of  a  classmate,  and  soon  after  settled 
in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  as  a  homceopathic  practitioner.  After  a 
long  and  successful  career  he  died  suddenly  in  Milwaukee 
from  heart  failure.  His  wife  survives  him  (1895),  with  five 
children. 

*  Thaddeus  Howe  Brown  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Thaddeus 
Brown  (Yale  College,  1826)  and  Susan  (Crosby)  Brown,  of 
Billerica,  Mass.,  where  he  was  born  June  17,  1838.  Being 
early  left  an  orphan,  his  boyhood  was  passed  in  Andover, 
Mass.,  under  the  care  of  an  aunt,  and  there  he  prepared  for 
college.  He  died  in  North  Woodstock,  Conn.,  October  19, 
1868,  aged  thirty  years. 

After  graduating,  he  returned  to  Andover  for  theological 
study,  and  finished  the  course  at  the  seminary  in  1864;  in 
the  meantime  he  married,  July  23,  1862,  in  New  Haven,  Lydia 
W.,  daughter  of  Rev.  Henry  Herrick  (Yale  College,  1822  ). 
Immediately  after  his  marriage  he  went  to  Europe  and  re- 
mained until  September,  1S63,  most  of  the  time  at  Heidel- 
berg, engaged  in  theological  studies. 

He  preached  for  six  months  at  Pittsford,  Vt.,  and  in  1866 
accepted  a  call  to  the  Congregational  church  at  North  Wood- 
stock, Conn.,  where  he  was  ordained  pastor  April  11.  He 
continued  in  this  relation  until  his  death,  which  was  the  result 
of  a  sudden  illness  of  less  than  a  week's  duration,  contracted 
while  at  a  meeting  of  the  American  Board  at  Norwich,  Conn. 

He  left  a  widow  with  three  children. 

A  writer  in  The  Congregationalist  said  of  him : 

From  early  boyhood  the  purity  of  his  life,  his  intense  love  for  right 
and  truth,  and  his  rigid  conscientiousness  won  the  respect  and  confi- 
dence of  all  who  knew  him,  while  his  genial  social  traits,  the  abounding 
charity  and  responsive  affection,  tender  and  deep,  which  eminently 
characterized  him,  drew  all  hearts  to  him. 

Natural  reserve  concealed  much  that  was  best  in  his  character,  yet 
gave  it  the  increased  strength  and  tenderness  of  a  repressed  sensitive 
nature,  and  made  him  in  the  end  more  beloved. 

*  Lyman  Benham  Bunnell,  son  of  Hezekiah  and  Amanda 
(Benham)  Bunnell,  was  born  August  18,  1832,  in  Burlington, 


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Conn.,  and  died  at  his  home  in  New  York  City,  March  18, 
1902,  in  his  seventieth  year.  He  had  an  attack  of  pneumonia 
which  proved  fatal  in  four  days.  Almost  unaided,  he  worked 
his  way  through  Williston  Seminary  at  Easthampton,  Mass., 
and  through  college.  After  graduation  he  studied  two  years 
in  the  Yale  Law  School,  and  was,  at  the  same  time,  instructor 
in  gymnastics  in  the  college.  In  November,  1862,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar,  and  thereafter  practiced  his  profession 
in  New  York  City.  For  the  last  year  his  sons  were  associated 
with  him. 

The  year  he  began  to  practice  he  united  with  the  Broadway 
Tabernacle,  and  since  that  time  was  continuously  engaged  in 
vSunday -school  work,  sometimes  having  two  classes  at  different 
hours.  From  1869  to  1881  he  was  an  active  church  member 
at  Englewood,  N.  J.  He  removed  to  New  York  in  1881,  and 
was  an  officer  for  some  time  in  the  Madison  Avenue  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  later  in  the  Lenox  Presbyterian  Church, 
where  he  was  chairman  of  its  board  of  trustees. 

He  married,  May  30,  1865,  Jennie  V.,  daughter  of  Alfred  A. 
and  Nancy  Ranney,  of  West  Townshend,  Vt.,  and  had  two 
sons,  graduates  of  the  New  York  Law  School,  and  a  daughter, 
who,  with  their  mother,  survive  him;  two  other  daughters 
died  in  infancy.  The  daughter  is  married,  and  the  sons  are 
practicing  law  at  76  William  Street,  New  York  City.  Mrs. 
Bunnell's  address  is  72  Ashland  Avenue,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 

In  his  home  life  Lyman  Bunnell  was  always  a  devoted,  thoughtful 
husband  and  father,  playful,  affectionate,  and  high-minded.  In  his 
business,  as  a  lawyer,  he  carried  out  his  Christian  principles  with  a 
rugged  honesty  and  an  almost  childlike  straightforwardness  which 
cost  him  many  a  fee,  but  won  him  many  a  friend.  Some  of  us  remem- 
ber how,  on  the  topic,  "  Religion  in  Business,"  on  Wednesday,  Febru- 
ary 26,  with  the  Psalm  xv  as  our  passage,  Mr.  Bunnell  spoke  with  a 
delightful  frankness,  to  this  effect:  "  I  have  never  found  it  easy  to 
carry  my  religion  into  every  detail  of  my  business;  yet  I  have  always 
tried.  When  my  conscience  would  not  allow  me  to  fix  a  fee  I  have 
generally  left  it  to  my  client  to  say  what  my  services  were  worth,  and, 
on  the  whole,  I  believe  I  fared  better  in  the  end  for  so  doing."  Dr. 
Thompson  happened  to  choose  this  very  Psalm  xv  for  the  funeral 
service : 

"  He  that  walketh  uprightly  and  worketh  righteousness, 

"  And  speaketh  truth  in  his  heart.   .    .   . 

"  He  that  sweareth  to  his  own  hurt  and  changeth  not.   .   .  . 

11  Nor  taketh  reward   against   the  innocent." 

—  From  the  Lenox  Leaf. 


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*  Henry  Ward  Camp  was  born  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  February 

4,  1839,  the  son  of  Rev.  Henry  B.  (Yale  College,  1833)  and 
Cornelia  (Baldwin)  Camp.  After  graduation  he  spent  a  few 
months  in  teaching  and  then  commenced  the  study  of  law  in 
the  office  of  John  Hooker,  Esq.,  in  Hartford.  In  December, 
i86i,hewas  commissioned  as  lieutenant  in  the  Tenth  Con- 
necticut Infantry.  He  was  afterwards  appointed  adjutant, 
and,  on  one  occasion,  was  detailed  as  judge  advocate  of  a  gen- 
eral courtmartial  on  Seabrook  Island.  In  July,  1863,  ne  took 
part  in  the  heavy  fight  on  James  Island,  and  also  in  the  assault 
on  Fort  Wagner  on  the  19th  of  that  month.  In  a  cessation 
of  hostilities  for  the  burial  of  the  dead  and  the  removal  of  the 
wounded,  he,  with  Chaplain  H.  C.  Trumbull,  was  seized  and 
carried  as  a  prisoner  to  Charleston  and  thence  to  Columbia, 

5.  C.  He  escaped  at  length  from  confinement,  but,  after  a 
tramp  of  nearly  a  hundred  miles  was  recaptured  and  held  a 
prisoner  till  April,  1864.  He  made  a  short  visit  at  home,  but 
as  soon  as  his  exchange  was  effected,  he  hurried  back  to  his 
regiment  and  shared  with  it,  in  the  army  of  the  James,  five 
months  of  the  most  arduous  and  dangerous  service.  In 
September,  1864,  while  before  Petersburg,  he  was  commis- 
sioned as  major. 

On  the  13th  of  October  he  fought  his  last  fight.  After 
skirmishing  all  day  between  the  Darbytown  and  Charles  City 
roads,  about  four  miles  from  Richmond,  his  regiment  was 
ordered  to  lead  an  assault  upon  the  enemy's  works.  "  Come 
on,  boys !  come  on ! "  he  shouted  to  his  men,  and  the  words  were 
hardly  uttered  before  he  fell,  shot  through  and  through.  His 
body  was  recovered  next  day  and  taken  to  Hartford  for  inter- 
ment. The  record  of  his  beautiful  heroic  life  has  been 
written  by  the  chaplain  of  the  regiment,  Rev.  H.  Clay  Trum- 
bull, under  the  title  of  "  The  Knightly  Soldier:  a  Record  of 
College,  Field,  and  Prison."     Champion  wrote  of  him: 

Naturally  retiring  and  modest,  and  ever  esteeming  others  above  him- 
self, he  needed  some  outside  influence  to  cause  him  to  display  his 
powers  openly.  These  modest  and  unassuming  traits,  joined  to  the 
greater  dignity  and  boldness  brought  out  by  the  war,  united  to  render 
him  one  of  the  noblest  of  the  many  noble  ones  whom  our  class  mourns 
for. 

*  Oscar  Mortimer  Carrier,  the  son  of  B.  H.  and  E.  Carrier, 
was  born  at  Conquest,  N.  Y.,  August  2,  1834.     He  came  from 


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Oberlin  College  to  Yale,  joining  our  class  in  Junior  year. 
After  graduation,  he  taught  for  a  few  months  at  Jackson, 
Mich.,  and  then  became  an  instructor  in  Olivet  College,  where, 
in  the  spring  of  1 861,  he  was  elected  professor  of  Latin.  He 
occupied  this  post  until  his  death,  of  congestion  of  the  brain, 
which  occurred  at  Olivet,  October  30,  1865. 
Daniels  wrote  of  him: 

Carrier,  in  his  relations  to  our  classmates,  was,  I  am  well  convinced, 
not  appreciated.  I  know  that  until  coming  here  (Olivet)  I  never 
appreciated  him.  But  here  I  have  learned  by  daily  contact  that  under 
that  exterior  which,  upon  slight  acquaintance  was  not  prepossessing, 
was  hidden  a  sincere,  self-denying  friend  and  noble  man. 

He  had  been  here  about  five  years.  He  spent  the  summer  of  1864 
in  the  service  of  the  Christian  Commission  at  Louisville,  Nashville, 
and  Altanta. 

He  was  married,  in  1862,  to  Miss  Susan  Lyon,  of  Eckford, 
Mich. 

*  George  Lynde  Catlin,  son  of  George  and  Catharine  Living- 
ston Catlin,  was  born  on  Staten  Island,  N.  Y.,  February  13, 
1840,  and  died  at  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  New  York  City,  while 
undergoing  a  surgical  operation,  December  14,  1896,  in  the 
fifty -seventh  year  of  his  age. 

In  December,  after  graduation,  he  became  the  editor  of 
the  Richmond  County  Gazette,  published  on  Staten  Island. 
In  the  following  April  he  enlisted  in  the  Fifth  New  York 
Volunteers,  and  remained  with  this  regiment  until  his  dis- 
charge on  account  of  protracted  ill  health,  with  the  rank  of 
first  lieutenant,  in  November,  1862.  After  a  long  period  of 
confinement,  he  was  able,  in  December,  1863,  to  re-engage  in 
the  service,  and  was  employed  in  the  quartermaster's  depart- 
ment in  New  Orleans  up  to  the  close  of  the  war. 

After  an  experience  of  mercantile  life  in  Mobile,  he  returned 
to  New  Orleans  in  October,  1866,  as  local  editor  of  the  Daily 
Crescent,  and  so  continued  until  a  visit  to  New  York  City  in 
April,  1869.  For  some  months  following  he  was  corre- 
spondent of  the  New  Orleans  Bee.  Instead  of  returning 
in  the  fall,  as  he  had  intended,  he  was  induced  to 
remain  in  New  York,  at  first  in  the  editorial  office 
of  the  Commercial  Advertiser,  but  for  the  most  of  the  time, 
until  September,  1873,  in  charge  of  the  newspaper  and  adver- 
tising department  of  the  Erie  Railway  Company.       For  the 


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next  four  years  and  a  half  he  was  again  connected  with  the 
Commercial  Advertiser.  During  these  periods  his  residence 
was  at  Paterson,  N.  J.  For  the  next  seventeen  years  he  was 
in  the  consular  service  of  the  United  States,  from  May,  1878, 
to  May,  1880,  at  La  Rochelle,  France,  next  at  Stuttgart, 
Germany,  until  October,  1884,  and,  finally,  at  Zurich,  Switzer- 
land, until  1895.  He  then  returned  to  the  United  States  and 
resided  in  Paterson. 

He  was  a  sprightly  writer,  both  of  prose  and  verse,  and 
published  a  good  deal  of  original  work  beside  translations. 

He  married,  April  10,  1864,  Miss  Louise  E.  Pradat,  of  Pass 
Christian,  Miss. 

His  wife  survives  him  (1897  )  with  their  children,  a  son  and 
a  daughter. 

A  writer  in  the  New  York  Graphic  in  1877  said  of  him: 

In  1869  he  returned  to  this  city  and  joined  the  staff  of  the  Commer- 
cial Advertiser.  In  1873  he  succeeded  Bayard  in  writing  the  editorial 
notes  on  that  paper,  and  in  that  sign  he  has  conquered.  The  paper 
is  better  known  by  the  notes  than  by  all  the  other  features  put  together, 
in  fact,  without  them  the  Commercial  would  lose  its  identity.  Mr. 
Catlin  is  the  most  dreadful  and  inveterate  punster  on  the  American 
press,  having  cultivated  that  dangerous  art  till  he  is  capable  of  inflict- 
ing complicated  tortures  on  his  victim.  In  his  hands  a  happy  and 
peaceable  word  is  made  to  writhe  and  manifest  the  grotesque  anguish 
of  the  dying  gladiator. 

Dyspeptics  should  read  his  column  every  day.  They  will  be  more 
patient  when  they  see  how  much  an  innocent  language  is  made  to 
suffer. 

The  Continental  Gazette,  Paris,  February  12,  1881,  said  of 
Catlin: 

Among  the  many  talented  men  of  letters  that  Secretary  Evarts  has 
sent  abroad  in  the  consular  service  of  the  United  States,  and  who  are 
busy  in  keeping  up  and  adding  to  their  literary  reputation,  is  George 
L.  Catlin,  of  Stuttgart,  who  has  been  recently  promoted  from  the 
Commercial  Agency  of  La  Rochelle,  in  France.  While  at  the  latter 
place  he  translated  from  the  French  quite  a  large  work  entitled  "The 
Huguenots  of  La  Rochelle,"  which  has  been  published  by  Randolph 
&  Co.,  of  Broadway,  New  York.  There  are  so  many  of  the  Huguenot 
descendants  in  the  United  States  that  this  book  will  be  eagerly  sought 
and  read.  A  novel  of  his,  "  Nathalie  Rey,"  of  which  the  advanced 
sheets  are  already  out,  and  which  is  highly  spoken  of,  will  soon  appear 
from  the  same  publishing  house.  The  incidents  of  the  novel  are  laid 
at  La  Rochelle,  Paris,  and  New  Orleans.  In  addition  to  other  literary 
works,  Mr.  Catlin  has  contributed  some  excellent  magazine  illustrated 


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articles  for  Lippincott's,  besides  occasional  letters  and  articles  for  the 
New  York  Tribune  and  other  prominent  journals.  Some  of  his  fugi- 
tive pieces  of  poetry,  such  as"  Lookout  Mountain,"  M  Dachsen  on  the 
Rhine,"  "Je  suis  Americain"  "Arcachon,"  "  The  New  Dixie,"  are 
among  the  best  of  their  kind,  and  have  been  very  much  admired  and 
extensively  copied  by  the  press. 

The  following  verses  were  published  in  the  New  York  Sun 
in  1879,  being  copied  from  the  Cincinnati  Gazette: 

JE  SUIS  AMERICAIN 

[When  it  shall  be  heard  as  the  proudest  exclamation  of  man,  "  I  am 
an  American  citizen."  —  Daniel  Webster.] 

He  got  to  Paris  late  at  night, 

So  tired  he  couldn't  stand, 
He'd  three  valises  by  his  side, 

A  guidebook  in  his  hand. 
He  singled  out  a  hackman  from 

The  crowd.     Said  he,  "  My  man, 
Just  drive  me  to  the  best  hotel  — 

Je  suis  Americain." 

The  Jehu  drove  him  to  the  Grand 

By  course  circuitous, 
And  charged  a  price  which  was  —  well,  by 

No  means  gratuitous. 
The  stranger  paid,  then  registered, 

And  to  the  clerk  began: 
11  I  want  the  best  room  in  the  house  — 

Je  suis  Americain." 

They  showed  him  up  to  twenty-blank, 

Upon  the  parlor  floor  — 
Two  candles  on  the  mantelpiece, 

A  gilt  plate  on  the  door: 
But  ere  he  slept  he  mused,  and  thus 

His  lucubrations  ran: 
"  To-morrow  I'll  make  this  Paris  howl; 

Je  suis  Amiricain." 

And  make  it  howl  he  did,  indeed, 

From  Concorde  to  Bastile, 
From  Madeleine  to  Luxembourg, 

He  raced,  and  at  Mabile 
Wound  up  the  day.     But  when  one  fair 

Smiled  from  behind  her  fan 
Seductively,  "  No,  no,"  said  he; 

"Je  suis  Americain." 


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Next  day  to  the  summit  of 

The  Arc  of  Triomphe  hied, 
"  Veil,  vat  you  zink  of  zis?  "  inquired 

A  Frenchman  at  his  side. 
11  This?     This  is  nothing,"  answered  he; 

"  Deny  it  if  you  can; 
You  ought  to  see  our  Brooklyn  Bridge  — 

Je  suis  Americain" 

Into  a  gilded  restaurant 

He  chanced  to  drop  one  day, 
The  waiter's  jargon  fairly  drove 

His  appetite  away. 
"  Confound  the  dishes  cooked,"  said  he, 
11  On  the  American  plan! 
I  want  a  plate  of  pork  and  beans  — 

Je  suis  Americain." 

Where'er  he  went,  whate'er  he  did, 

'Twas  always  just  the  same; 
He  couldn't,  it  appeared,  forget 

The  country  whence  he  came. 
And  when,  once  more  at  home,  his  eyes 

Familiar  scenes  did  scan, 
He  doffed  his  hat  and  cried,  "  Thank  God, 

Je  suis  Americain." 

*  Henry  Champion  was  the  son  of  George  and  Susan 
Champion,  missionaries  to  South  Africa,  and  was  born  in 
that  country,  at  Port  Elizabeth,  November  8,  1838.  He 
died  at  Mankato,  Minn.,  January  30,  1867,  aged  twenty -eight 
years.  The  first  year  after  his  graduation  was  spent  in  the 
study  of  modern  languages  in  New  Haven,  and  the  two  suc- 
ceeding years  in  the  college  law  school.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  May,  1863,  and  established  himself  in  practice  in 
New  Haven.  In  January,  1866,  his  health,  which  had  been 
failing  for  some  months,  compelled  him  to  seek  a  change  of 
climate,  and  he  went  to  Mankato,  Minn.,  where  he  died  after 
a  year's  residence.  In  1863,  he  prepared  and  published  a 
"  Catalogue  of  the  Cabinet  of  Coins  belonging  to  Yale  College," 
and  subsequently  gave  the  college  his  own  large  and  valuable 
collection.     Daniels  wrote  of  him : 

His  college  days  may  have  revealed  his  inner  life  to  but  few;  yet 
to  those  few,  how  many  are  the  sweet  remembrances  of  his  artless 
and  unselfish  character.  Some  of  us  who  had  spent  seven  years  with 
him  at  Andover  and  Yale  only  after  graduation  and   subsequent  resi- 


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dence  in  New  Haven  began  to  discover  what  a  true  and  rare  friend 
we  had  in  Henry  Champion.  His  intellectual  growth,  too,  after  gradu- 
ation was  no  less  marked.  In  all  that  constitutes  true  manhood  — 
the  generous,  the  noble,  the  Christlike  traits  —  there  was  manifest 
the  most  rapid  development. 

He  was  married,  August  4,  1863,  to  Sarah  E.,  daughter  of 
Willis  Booth,  Esq.,  of  New  Haven.  The  class  has  been  much 
indebted  to  Mrs.  Champion,  especially  in  the  matter  of  the 
class  ivy.  The  original  plant  died,  but  she  had  preserved  and 
propagated  a  slip  from  it  which  was  replanted  by  the  class 
in  1900.  She  was  then  elected  an  honorary  member  of  the 
class.  Other  slips  of  her  propagation  she  had  potted  and 
gave  to  members  of  the  class  —  a  happy  reminder  of  Sixty 
days  to  have  in  and  about  our  homes.  Her  address  is  270 
Crown  Street,  New  Haven. 

*  Frederick  Leonard  Chapell,  son  of  Elisha  T.  and  Sabra 
Chapell,  was  born  at  Waterford,  Conn.,  November  9,  1836, 
and  died  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  February  16,  1900,  in  his  sixty- 
fourth  year.  After  graduation  he  took  a  course  in  Rochester 
Theological  Seminary,  and  was  then  ordained  to  the  Baptist 
ministry  at  Middletown,  Ohio,  September  29,  1864.  After  a 
pastorate  there  of  nearly  seven  years  he  was  called  to  Evans- 
ton,  111.,  where  he  remained  seven  years,  and  also  lectured  to 
the  students  of  the  theological  seminary.  A  few  of  his  ser- 
mons and  addresses  were  published.  From  July,  1878,  to 
May,  1 88 1,  he  was  at  Janesville,  Wis.,  and  afterwards  at 
Flemington,  N.  J.,  eight  years.  He  then  accepted  a  position 
in  the  institution  which  was  afterward  called  the  Gordon 
Missionary  Training  School  in  Boston,  of  which  he  was  the 
dean  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  died  of  B  right's  disease 
at  the  home  of  his  daughter  in  Newport,  R.  I. 

In  1901,  a  book  on  "  Biblical  and  Practical  Theology," 
three  hundred  and  seven  pages,  was  published  in  Philadelphia, 
by  Harriet  Chapell.  The  publisher's  note  says:  "  The  book 
contains  the  matter  prepared  by  Rev.  F.  L.  Chapell  for  his 
junior  classes  in  the  Gordon  Missionary  Training  School  and 
used  there  by  him  for  ten  years."  [I  have  the  book  in  my 
library.  —  Dunham.] 

He  married,  September  7,  1865,  Miss  L.  Eva  Stow,  daughter 
of  Henry  Stow,  of  New  Haven. 


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From  the  Clarendon  Light,  March,  1900: 

Rev.  Arthur  T.  Pierson,  D.D.,  the  president  of  the  Training  School, 
who  had  left  pressing  engagements  in  Brooklyn  to  be  present,  gave,  in 
substance,  the  following: 

"  Funeral  occasions  are  great  tests  of  our  integrity  and  sincerity. 
We  are  tempted  to  eulogize  the  dead  to  meet  the  demands  of  the 
occasion.  But  I  believe  we  should  be  exceedingly  careful  and  delib- 
erate in  what  we  say  of  the  dead,  and  so  I  shall  speak  to-day  with 
great  moderation.  In  this  case,  we  have  no  such  temptation,  for  this 
man  possessed,  in  a  remarkable  degree,the  crowning  Christian  virtues 
of  humility  and  patience.  In  the  many  conversations  I  have  had 
with  him,  I  was  impressed  with  his  modest  estimate  of  himself.  He 
was  peculiarly  humble.  I  never  heard  him  utter  a  word  that  needed 
to  be  recalled  or  modified.  He  confided  to  me  many  of  his  secret 
difficulties  and  temptations,  but  I  never  heard  a  word  in  censure  of 
any  one,  even  when  it  might  have  been  just  to  censure  or  denounce. 
I  have  been  associated  with  him  for  about  ten  years,  and  in  regard  to 
his  work  as  a  teacher,  I  can  say,  from  close  observation,  that  the 
homely  metaphor  of  Sydney  Smith  was  true  of  him,  and  he  was  '  the 
round  peg  in  the  round  hole.'  Dr.  Gordon  told  me,  not  long  before 
his  death,  that  there  were  three  men  whom  God  had  given  to  him  for 
his  work,  and  one  of  these  men  was  F.  L.  Chapell.  He  had  two 
remarkable  characteristics  that  fitted  him  for  the  work  he  has  done 
in  the  Training  School,  and  one  of  these  was  the  paternal  instinct, 
which  made  him  watch  over  and  instruct  the  students  as  dear  children. 
The  other  was  the  maternal  instinct,  which  made  him  yearn  over  them 
in  all  their  trials,  that  Christ  might  be  formed  in  them.  I  have  been 
thinking  of  this  on  my  journey  here,  and  I  must  say  that  I  know  of 
no  man  in  all  this  country  who  can  fill  his  place. 

"  But  funeral  services  also  test  strongly  the  integrity  and  sincerity 
of  our  Christian  faith.  Our  cemeteries  are  full  of  symbols  such  as  the 
broken  column,  the  fallen  flower,  the  inverted  torch,  which  are  not 
Christian,  but  pagan.  Death  is  no  longer  death  to  the  believer,  since 
Christ  tasted  death  for  us.  Death  is  not  the  same  thing  to  the  believer 
and  the  unbeliever.  Now  is  the  time  to  show  the  reality  of  our  faith, 
that  death  is  swallowed  up  in  victory,  and  that  Christ's  words  are  true 
that,  in  the  old  sense  of  death,  '  He  that  believeth  on  me  shall  never 
die.'  " 

Among  his  frequent  sayings  in  his  last  weeks  were,  "  The  thing  to  do 
now  is  to  rest,"  and,  "  It  is  all  right."     Truly,  he  rested  in  the  Lord. 

He  was  a  most  intense  worker,  often  securing  two  or  three  hours  of 
meditation  and  study  before  breakfast,  and  never  denying  himself  to 
any  calls.  Yet  his  faith  was  as  large  as  though  he  expected  to  have 
everything  done  for  him. 

He  scorned  the  ornaments  of  rhetoric,  fearing  they  might  divert 
attention  from  his  message  or  lull  the  conscience  of  the  hearers.  Yet 
he  labored  over  his  writings  till  every  word  was  exact  and  essential 
to  his  meaning,  and  occasionally  he  wrote  verses,  correct  and  fervent, 
to  illustrate  some  doctrine. 


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Every  winter  he  studied  thoroughly  some  new  subject,  preparing 
a  course  of  sermons  upon  it,  and  this  work  furnished  the  material  for 
beginning  the  studies  of  the  Training  School. 

He  was  almost  a  paradox  in  his  combination  of  mildness  and  firm- 
ness, docility  in  small  things  with  inflexibility  in  regard  to  principles, 
intensity  of  faith  with  judicial  broad-mindedness.  His  peculiar  fair- 
ness of  mind  made  him  an  invaluable  counselor,  as  he  saw  not  only 
the  ideal  to  be  finally  attained,  but  also  the  first  step  possible  to  the 
troubled  questioner. 

He  was,  finally,  a  Spirit-filled  man.  Having  forgotten  himself,  he 
was  sensitive  only  to  that  which  touched  his  Lord's  interests.  And 
in  this  path  many  can  follow  him.  As  he  firmly  believed,  it  is  the 
"guided  man  "  who  counts  in  the  affairs  of  the  Lord's  kingdom. 

All  this  will  carry  but  a  feeble  meaning  to  those  who  never  knew 
him;  but  over  and  over  again  his  associates  spoke  and  wrote  of  him 
in  the  highest  terms  while  he  was  yet  among  them.  Faithful,  humble, 
loving,  and  earnest,  he  stood  as  a  representative  of  the  Lord,  and  an 
embodiment  of  the  blessed  hope  in  which  he  now  rests,  the  hope  of 
M  the  glorious  appearing  of  the  great  God  and  our  Saviour,  Jesus 
Christ." 

Joseph  Clay,  son  of  Thomas  Clay,  Esq.  (Harvard  alumnus), 
was  born  in  Bryan  County,  Ga.,  December  10,  1838. 

His  family  for  several  generations  had  been  planters,  and 
his  father  having  died  when  he  was  but  ten  years  old,  after 
graduating  he  returned  to  his  old  home  and  took  up  the 
planter's  life.  On  his  way  home,  at  Charleston,  he  became 
aware  of  a  feeling  and  intense  excitement  of  which  he  had 
no  idea  while  at  Yale.  But  he  went  out  to  their  plantation 
and  took  charge,  and  although  it  was  not  many  miles  from 
Savannah,  he  was  often  for  months  at  a  time  the  only  white 
person  about  the  place,  except  a  casual  visitor.  As  the  war 
went  on,  being  too  near  the  salt  water  for  safety  and  comfort, 
he  removed  his  mother  and  family,  with  a  large  number  of 
the  servants,  to  the  mountainous  regions  of  the  state.  He 
always  found  great  pleasure  in  the  fact  that  none  of  the  serv- 
ants ever  tried  to  run  away  and  leave  him  during  the  war. 
They  had  never  bought  or  sold  slaves  except  for  the  purpose 
of  keeping  families  together.  Their  slaves  were  born  upon 
the  place,  were  well  treated,  and  there  was  mutual  attach- 
ment between  them  and  the  master.  He  took  no  active 
personal  part  in  the  war,  yet  he  found  it  very  onerous  to  stay 
at  home,  notwithstanding  his  great  slave  interests,  and  his 
plans  being  frustrated  by  deaths  in  his  family. 

After  the  war  he  went  to  planting  rice  again,  at  first  on  the 


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old  plantation  on  the  Ogeechee  River,  and  later  on  the  Savan- 
nah River.  At  one  time  he  thought  he  was  going  to  be 
successful,  and  that  he  would  prosper  again  as  before,  but 
gales  came  and  with  them  floods  and  devastation  and  destruc- 
tion followed.  This  came  about  to  such  an  extent  that  he 
gave  up  and  took  a  position  under  the  government  in  the 
engineering  department  in  deepening  the  rivers  and  harbors. 
This  was  in  1893,  and  he  has  continued  in  this  occupation  for 
the  most  part  ever  since. 

He  married,  November  13,  1865,  Miss  Mary  E.  Herndon, 
of  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  who  died  February  1,  1878.  They 
had  two  children,  Thomas  Savage  and  Mary  E.  Clay.  The 
son  is  living  in  New  York,  and  the  daughter  with  her  father. 
He  writes : 

I  am  certainly  blessed  in  both  of  my  children.  In  my  disappoint- 
ments and  losses  God  has  certainly  been  good  to  me,  and  I  hope  he 
will  continue  to  help  me  and  to  aid  me  to  do  what  he  wants  of  me. 

Frederick  Henry  Colton,  son  of  Jacob  and  Clarinda  R. 
Colton,  was  born  at  Longmeadow,  Mass.,  April  24,  1839. 

Schools  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  had  the  benefit  of  his  services 
for  about  a  year  after  graduating,  while  he  was  considering 
what  his  life  work  was  to  be,  and  helping  out  a  deficient  cash 
account.  He  then  studied  medicine  at  the  Long  Island 
College  Hospital,  graduating  in  1864.  From  October,  1863, 
to  October,  1865,  he  was  in  medical  service  of  the  army,  with 
the  rank  of  acting  assistant  surgeon,  doing  duty  at  different 
camps  and  hospitals  in  and  about  the  city  of  Washington, 
keeping  (as  he  says )  well  to  the  rear,  and  out  of  the  range  of 
cannon  or  musket.  A  caution  that  Charley  Owen  did  not 
take,  for  two  days  after  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  in  1864, 
Colton  says  he  found  him  in  the  officers'  ward  at  the  Douglas 
Hospital  with  a  shattered  elbow. 

Colton  thinks  a  general  practitioner  of  medicine,  such  as  he 
has  been  for  almost  forty  years,  and  always  at  the  same 
address,  a  rata  avis  nowadays.  For  upward  of  twenty -five 
years  he  has  been  a  visiting  physician  at  the  Long  Island 
College  Hospital,  the  St.  John's  Hospital,  the  Brooklyn  Home 
for  Aged  Men  and  Couples,  the  secretary  and  member  of  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Brooklyn  Eye  and  Ear  Hospital.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Kings  County  Medical  Society,  the  Practi- 


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tioner  Club,  Long  Island  Historical  Society,  the  New  England 
Society,  Brooklyn  Institute  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  and  the 
Hamilton  Club.  He  is  also  a  member  and  officer  of  the 
Church  of  the  Pilgrims.  He  is  in  good  health,  and  although 
fully  up  to  the  age  for  chloroforming,  he  is  not  yet  ready  to 
submit  to  it. 

He  married,  October  25,  1865,  Alice  Gray,  daughter  of 
Prof.  Alonzo  Gray,  founder  and  principal  of  the  Brooklyn 
Heights  Seminary  for  Girls,  who  died  in  1890.  The  fruit  of 
this  marriage  was  five  sons  and  two  daughters.  Twin  sons 
died  a  few  hours  after  birth.  Of  the  other  three  sons,  one 
graduated  at  Yale  in  1892,  another  in  1896,  and  the  third  at 
the  Columbia  School  of  Mines.  One  is  an  architect,  another 
a  lawyer,  the  other  in  business. 

Joseph  Leonard  Daniels,  son  of  Paul  and  E.  B.  Daniels,  was 
born  in  East  Medway  (now  Millis),  Mass.,  August  1,  1833. 
He  studied  at  the  Yale  Theological  School  for  three  years 
succeeding  graduation,  and  during  this  period  he  acted  most 
of  the  time  as  librarian  of  the  Brothers'  Society,  and  assistant 
librarian  of  the  college.  In  the  winter  of  1861-62,  he  also 
attended  a  course  of  lectures  at  the  Yale  Medical  School.  In 
September,  1863,  he  became  the  principal  of  the  Guilford 
(Conn. )  Institute,  where  he  remained  for  two  years.  Pre- 
viously he  had  taught  a  few  weeks  at  the  Lawrence  Academy, 
Groton,  Mass.  In  1 865 ,  he  accepted  the  professorship  of  Greek 
at  Olivet  College,  Mich.  His  story  is  best  told  in  his  own 
words : 

My  life  has  been  uneventful  for  others,  yet  none  the  less  interesting 
for  me.  It  is  so  entirely  different  from  any  forethought  of  mine  that 
I  can  but  believe  it  to  be,  as  Dr.  Bushnell  puts  it,  "a  plan  of  God." 
For  I  never  purposed  to  teach,  much  less  to  come  to  Olivet.  Our 
classmate  Carrier  induced  me  to  come  here.  He  lived  but  six  months 
after  my  coming.  I  have  just  completed  my  fortieth  year  of  service, 
a  record  four  years  longer  than  any  of  my  predecessors.  Deeming 
this  long  enough  for  my  ambition,  and  too  long  for  the  good  of  the 
college,  I  tendered  my  resignation  in  March,  1905.  The  trustees  of 
the  college  responded  with  the  following  resolution: 

"  That  Dr.  Daniels  be  advised  that  his  resignation  is  received,  and 
that  after  careful  consideration  we  earnestly  ask  that  the  same  be 
withdrawn  for  the  present." 

A  very  appreciative  letter  accompanied  the  resolutions. 

Besides  my  work  as  professor  I  have  been  college  librarian  for  thirty 


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years.  When  I  took  charge  there  were  two  thousand  volumes. 
There  are  now  thirty  thousand  well  selected  books,  adapted  to  the 
needs  of  the  college.  This  avocation  has  brought  me  no  little  pleasure 
in  cultivating  my  love  of  books.  There  is  also  the  added  joy  that 
both  the  library  fund  and  building  are,  for  the  most  part,  the  volun- 
tary gifts  of  my  personal  friends. 

For  fifteen  years  I  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Olivet 
College,  and  have  twice  served  as  acting  president.  I  hold  at  present 
the  office  of  dean  of  the  faculty.  For  several  years  I  served  as  one 
of  the  college  preachers.  My  writings  have  been  historic  and  educa- 
tional, for  special  occasions  and  for  magazines.  A  part  of  two  years 
has  been  spent  in  travel  and  study  in  Europe. 

The  last  five  years  have  brought  severe  sickness  both  to  myself 
and  to  my  beloved  wife,  the  light  and  joy  of  my  home  for  forty  years, 
whom  I  lost  in  1903.  But  the  years  of  trial  have  also  been  years  of 
great  blessings,  for  which  I  am  daily  thankful.  My  health  is  good, 
my  mental  powers  unimpaired,  my  friends  more  numerous  and  kind 
than  ever.  My  son  is  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Detroit,  and  my  daugh- 
ter and  grand-daughter  with  me  in  the  home. 

In  the  spring  of  1892,  to  my  surprise,  I  received  a  letter  from 
Secretary  Dexter  saying  that  the  Yale  corporation  had  voted  to  confer 
the  degree  of  D.D.  upon  me  in  case  I  would  come  to  New  Haven  at 
Commencement  and  receive  it. 

He  was  one  of  the  guests  of  the  college  at  the  Bicentennial, 
and  Mrs.  Daniels  was  made  an  honorary  member  of  the  class 
at  that  time. 

He  was  married,  November  26,  1865,  to  Miss  Julia  B. 
Allen,  of  North  Leominster,  Mass.     Two  children. 

How  Daniels  is  regarded  at  Olivet,  where  his  life  work  has 
been  done,  may  be  learned  from  the  following  extracts  from 
The  Echo,  the  college  paper  of  May  10,  1905,  which  was  a 
"  Memorial  Number." 

Editorial: 

April  6  was  the  fortieth  anniversary  of  the  beginning  of  Dr. 
J.  L.  Daniels's  life  in  Olivet.  Forty  years  of  faithful,  indefatigable 
labor!  Far  more  to  be  valued  than  Olivet's  fine  buildings,  the  beauty 
of  her  campus,  her  intellectual  attainments,  her  spiritual  standing, 
is  the  record  of  the  beauty,  scholarliness,  and  Christian  spirit  of  this 
life. 

This  memorial  number,  commemorating  this  service  of  forty  years, 
is  a  tribute  to  Olivet's  Grand  Old  Man.  Articles  from  those  who  have 
known  him  as  instructor,  as  coworker  on  the  college  faculty,  as 
fellow  townsman,  tell  of  what  he  has  been  to  Olivet;  a  reminiscent 
article,  by  Dr.  Daniels  himself,  gives  a  most  interesting  account  of  how 
Olivet  has  appeared  to  him  throughout  these  many  years. 


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Apropos  of  the  subject  was  a  conversation  which  we  recently  held 
with  a  present-day  student  of  Olivet  College,  who  said  in  part:  "  I, 
also,  wish  to  do  honor  to  Dr.  Daniels.  I  count  the  two  years  spent  in 
his  classes  as  perhaps  the  most  valuable  and  enjoyable  of  my  entire 
college  course.  Greek  was  not  composed  of  verbs  and  nouns,  but  of 
glorious  thoughts,  expressed  in  language  of  sublime  beauty.  Dr.  Daniels 
was  not  the  pedagogue,  but  the  man,  the  inspirer.  I  speak  from  the 
standpoint  of  one  who  is,  in  general,  a  skeptic,  an  unbeliever,  a  non- 
Christian  in  Olivet's  Christian  atmosphere,  wondering  at  the  seeming 
inconsistencies  of  a  number  of  those  '  of  the  faith,'  regarded  with  a 
'  how-much-better-I-than-thou  '  air  by  some  of  the  followers  of  Him 
who  taught  brotherly  love.  I  have  always  looked  upon  Dr.  Daniels  as 
my  idea  of  a  perfect  Christian.  Sincere,  generous,  kindly,  he  comes 
closer,  perhaps,  to  the  doubting  one  than  to  him  whose  belief  is  fixed. 
When  the  entire  world  has  seemed  wrong  and  all  men  deceivers,  the 
calmness  and  serenity  of  his  manner,  the  cheery  cordiality  of  his 
greeting  have  given  new  life.  No  one  can  know  him  and  doubt  that 
there  is  goodness  in  man." 

Dr.  Alexander  Tison,  New  York  City : 

Some  men  are  too  near  to  us  and  mean  too  much  to  us  to  leave  us 
quite  ourselves  when  we  come  to  set  down  even  a  part  of  what  they  are 
to  us.  Professor  Daniels  is  such  a  man  to  me.  I  am  too  much  and 
too  long  and  in  too  many  ways  bound  to  him,  for  me  to  stand  away 
from  him  and  put  in  order  my  feelings  about  him  or  tell  how  they  have 
come  to  be  what  they  are. 

There  ar*e  some  things  which  no  one  must  do  who  would  do  anything 
to  the  purpose  in  honor  of  Professor  Daniels.  And  first  we  must  not 
strive  or  cry  in  speaking  his  praises.  Whatever  is  said  about  him, 
if  it  would  ring  true  and  be  like  the  man,  must  be  simply  said.  A  life 
spent  in  doing  the  best  things  simply,  quite  as  a  thing  of  course  and 
part  of  the  day's  work, —  that  is  what  we  have  always  seen  and  loved 
and  would  honor  in  Professor  Daniels.  The  charm  and  the  fullness  of 
it,  and  the  goodness  and  the  greatness  back  of  it  all,  who  can  hope  to 
tell  to  those  who  have  not  seen  it? 

Matthew  Arnold  was  all  the  time  telling  us  that  we  needed  sweetness 
and  light  more  than  anything  else.  I  have  always  thought,  and  still 
think,  that  Professor  Daniels  lived  the  gospel  which  Matthew  Arnold 
preached,  and  that  in  him  we  have  had  the  perfect  union  of  what  Swift 
long  before  has  well  said  are  the  two  noblest  of  things,  sweetness  and 
light. 

I  will  recall  the  first  time  that  I  ever  saw  Professor  Daniels.  It 
was  in  the  room  of  Parsons  Hall  which  at  that  time  served  to  hold  the 
college  library.  He  was  then,  as  now,  the  librarian,  but  fortunately 
for  me  he  also  had  some  temporary  duty  of  helping  out  in  another 
department  —  and  how  much  of  that  sort  of  thing  he  has  done  and  is 
always  doing  —  which  brought  me  early  into  more  intimate  relations 
with  him  than  the  library  alone  would  have  insured.      I  was  probably 


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the  rawest  boy  that  ever  left  home  to  prepare  for  college,  but  Pro- 
fessor Daniels  was  as  gracious  and  kind  and  helpful  to  me  as  he  would 
have  been  to  the  governor  of  the  state.  And  so  he  was  and  has  always 
been  to  all,  whether  in  the  college  or  out  of  it.  It  used  to  seem  to  me 
that  a  man  could  not  be  in  Olivet  twenty-four  hours  without  having 
something  to  thank  Professor  Daniels  for.  And  he  would  go  on 
getting  deeper  and  deeper  into  debt  in  this  kind  as  long  as  he  stayed; 
and,  when  at  last  he  went  away  and  went  out  into  the  world's  work, 
there  went  with  every  one  who  had  eyes  to  see  and  ears  to  hear  and  the 
heart  to  understand  what  was  about  him,  as  the  best  single  reward  of 
his  stay  in  college  and  the  thing  to  be  remembered  longest,  dearest, 
and  most  helpfully  in  all  the  days  to  come, —  the  imperishable  influence 
of  Professor  Daniels. 

I  cannot  think  of  him  as  old  or  to  grow  old.  He  is  as  young  to  me 
as  his  own  Homeric  heroes.  And  so  he  will  remain.  He  seems  to 
me  now  even  younger  than  he  did  to  me  when  I  first'  saw  him.  In 
part  this  may  be  because  he  is  not  one  of  whom  you  must  be  all  the 
time  revising  your  impressions.  As  you  begin  to  think  of  him  so  you 
continue  to  think.  Only  this  must  be  said:  He  grows  upon  us,  or 
rather  we  grow  into  better  knowledge  of  him,  and  see  more  of  his 
completeness  the  longer  we  know  him.  To  name  but  one  thing,  I 
had  not  at  first  seen  the  hiding  of  his  marvelous  strength.  But  when 
it  came  to  me  to  work  with  him  and  for  five  happy  years  to  be  some- 
what nearer  to  him,  years  that  were  the  happier  for  the  fact  of  such 
nearness  to  him,  I  saw  then,  better  than  ever  before,  how  much  he 
worked,  and  how  strong  he  was  in  his  work  and  how  many  burdens  he 
bore  and  what  wise  counsel  he  gave  and  how  he  could  dispatch  busi- 
ness and  how  few  mistakes  he  made  in  dispatching  it. 

But  why  say  more?  Happy  the  college  that  has  had  the  life  service 
of  such  a  rare  and  master  spirit.  Happy  we  who  have  been  taught 
out  of  the  fullness  of  what  he  knows,  and  thrice  happy  to  have  been 
touched  and  uplifted  by  the  lofty  inspiration  of  what  he  is.  May 
many  classes  succeed  to  this  happy  privilege.     Serus  in  cesium  redeat. 

But,  more  than  that,  may  we  not  now  do  something  to  put  in  lasting 
form  the  feeling  which  all  of  us  have  for  him?  He  needs  no  memorial. 
He  asks  nothing  of  us.  But  we  shall  fail  and  be  wanting  in  what 
we  owe  to  ourselves  if  we  do  not  mark  our  sense  of  what  we  owe 
to  him  by  something  which  shall  tell  to  those  who  are  to  come 
after  us  that  we  were  not  wholly  insensible  to  the  power  and  the 
charm  and  the  beauty  and  the  worth  of  what  is  best  while  it  is  yet 
with  us. 

That  these  were  not  empty  words  is  shown  by  the  fact  that 
at  the  Commencement  in  June,  1905,  the  alumni  honored 
Professor  Daniels  with  a  public  reception,  and  surprised  him 
with  a  check  for  five  hundred  dollars,  while  the  college  trustees 
voted  him  a  leave  of  absence  for  a  year,  with  continued  salary, 
and,  also,  for  meritorious  service,  an  LL.D., —  a  degree  be- 


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stowed  by  Olivet  College  only  five  times  in  its  previous  history. 
Daniels  is  enjoying  a  year  of  rest  and  spending  the  winter  in 
California  (  1905-6). 

Note.  —  How  Daniels  came  to  be  professor  at  Olivet  is,  probably, 
not  generally  known.  We  are  informed  that  he  used,  every  now  and 
then,  especially  about  examination  time,  to  come  around  to  Dunham's 
room  to  get  him  to  help  translate  his  Latin  and  Greek,  to  elucidate  the 
intricate  construction,  and  to  exhibit  the  nicer  and  more  delicate 
shades  of  meaning.  And  then  Olivet  College,  ignorant  of  the  facts  in 
the  case,  went  and  appointed  Daniels,  instead  of  Dunham,  Greek 
professor.  Such  is  the  irony  of  fate!  Dunham  says  that  that  man, 
Joe  Daniels,  never  acknowledged  his  indebtedness  for  the  lucrative 
position  and  never  offered  to  divide  his  salary  with  him! 

Lowndes  Henry  Davis,  son  of  G.  W.  Davis,  Esq.,  was  born 
in  Jackson,  Mo.,  December  14,  1836. 

He  entered  college  at  the  beginning  of  Sophomore  year,  and 
after  graduation  studied  law  at  the  Louisville  (Ky.)  Law 
School,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  March,  1863.  In 
1866  he  commenced  practice  in  his  native  place.  Two  years 
later  he  was  elected  state  attorney  for  the  tenth  judicial 
circuit  of  Missouri,  and  held  this  office  for  four  years,  until 
January  1,  1873.  In  1874,  he  was  elected  to  the  constitu- 
tional convention  which  met  the  following  year  and  framed 
the  present  constitution  of  that  state.  In  1876  he  was 
elected  to  the  general  assembly  for  the  term  of  two  years. 

In  1878  he  was  elected  to  the  House  of  Representatives  at 
Washington,  where  he  served  for  three  terms,  or  until  1884, 
when  he  declined  another  re-election.  He  returned  to  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  with  farming  for  a  side  issue  and 
amusement.  In  1893  he  moved  to  Huntsville,  Ala.,  where 
he  has  since  resided,  and  devotes  himself  to  farming. 

He  was  married,  November  12,  1861,  to  Miss  Mary  B.  Hall, 
daughter  of  B.  M.  Hall,  Esq.,  of  Shelby  County,  Ky.  They 
had  three  children;  only  one  son  is  living,  and  he  is  engaged 
in  running  the  farm  for  his  father. 

Robert  Stewart  Davis,  son  of  James  H.  Davis,  Esq.,  was  born 
in  Philadelphia,  April  23,  1838. 

After  graduation  he  immediately  began  the  study  of  law 
in  the  office  of  Judge  Pierce  in  his  native  city.  In  1863  ne 
was  war  correspondent  of  the  Philadelphia  Inquirer  in  South 


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Carolina.  In  1864  he  was  the  Washington  correspondent 
of  that  paper,  and  later  of  the  New  York  Times.  In  1865 
he  established  Saturday  Night,  a  weekly  paper  which  in 
rive  years  reached  a  circulation  of  over  two  hundred 
thousand  copies.  The  most  successful  serial  stories  of  this 
paper,  which  were  the  chief  cause  of  its  rapid  increase  in 
circulation,  were  written  by  him.  These  stories  were  some 
twelve  in  number,  and  were  written  between  1868  and  1879, 
during  which  year  he  sold  out  his  interest  in  Saturday  Night, 
and  soon  after  joined  in  the  formation  of  Our  Continent 
Company. 

Not  satisfied  with  this  venture,  he  withdrew  from  it,  and  in 
September,  1883,  began  the  publication  of  The  Call,  a  daily 
newspaper.  Because  of  its  original  features,  women's, 
children's,  and  fashions  departments,  The  Call  was  imme- 
diately recognized  as  a  first-class  family  newspaper,  and  met 
with  great  success.  It  became  one  of  the  most  popular  and 
best  one-cent  afternoon  papers  in  the  country,  and  held  that 
position  for  a  long  time. 

In  1888  he  became  officially  connected  with  the  Phila- 
delphia &  Reading  Railroad,  and  soon  became  manager  of 
all  its  interests  in  New  Jersey.  In  this  position  he  served 
with  distinction  for  five  years,  dividing  his  time  between  The 
Call  and  the  railroad.  In  1893  ne  gave  up  the  railroad 
management  and  devoted  his  time  entirely  to  his  newspaper 
property.  About  four  years  ago  he  retired  from  all  active 
business  connection.  He  has  always  joined  in  all  the  live 
measures  for  the  advancement  of  the  city.  He  is  a  prominent 
member  of  various  clubs  and  literary  associations. 

He  married  Miss  Mary  Louisa  Molten,  of  Philadelphia, 
September  30,  1868. 

Francis  Delafield,  son  of  Dr.  Edward  and  Julia  (Floyd) 
Delafield,  was  born  in  New* York  City,  August  3,  1841. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  in  the  private  schools  of  the 
city.  After  graduation  he  entered  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  in  New  York  City,  and  graduated  from  that 
institution  in  1863.  He  continued  his  studies  for  some 
months  in  Paris  and  London,  spending  a  considerable  portion 
of  his  time  in  hospitals,  and  on  his  return  home  entered  at 
once  upon  the  practice  of   his  profession.     In  1875  he  was 


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appointed  adjunct  professor  of  medicine  in  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons.  He  made  so  brilliant  a  record 
that  upon  the  retirement  of  Dr.  Clark,  in  1882,  he  was  elected 
as  his  successor.  He  has  unusual  powers  of  imparting  knowl- 
edge, and  has  exerted  an  important  influence  in  shaping  the 
opinions  and  careers  of  his  students.  He  has  been  an  original 
investigator  in  pathology,  and  his  writings  upon  this  subject 
embody  vast  research  and  are  standard  authorities. 

His  "  Studies  in  Pathological  Anatomy,"  whose  publica- 
tion extended  over  ten  years,  is  the  most  exhaustive  and 
elaborate  work  in  its  field.  His  first  important  publication, 
"  A  Handbook  of  Post-Mortem  Examinations  and  Morbid 
Anatomy,"  was  first  published  in  1872.  Afterwards  it  was 
rewritten  and  greatly  enlarged  in  1885  in  collaboration  with 
Dr.  T.  M.  Prudden,  under  the  title  of  "  A  Handbook  of  Patho- 
logical Anatomy  and  Histology."  This  work  is  in  general  use 
as  a  textbook  in  medical  colleges.  Another  important  achieve- 
ment was  his  classification  of  the  group  of  diseases  generally 
treated  under  pulmonary  consumption.  Another  addition 
to  medical  literature  was  a  treatise  upon  "  Renal  Diseases." 

He  was,  at  one  time,  attached  to  the  house  staff,  and  later, 
attending  physician,  and  then  consulting  physician,  of  Bellevue 
Hospital;  pathologist  to  Roosevelt  Hospital,  and  surgeon  to 
the  New  York  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  New  York  County  Medical  Society,  New  York  Academy 
of  Medicine,  Pathological  Society,  the  Association  of  American 
Physicians,  and  also  of  man)'-  other  organizations  and  clubs. 
Yale  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  LL.D.  in  1890. 

He  married,  January  17,  1870,  Katharine  Van  Rensselaer, 
who  recently  died.  They  had  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  Ray 
and  Cornelia  V.  R.,  and  one  son,  Edward  Henry  Delafield,  who 
graduated  from  Yale  in  the  class  of  1902. 

*  Daniel  Denison,  son  of  Daniel  and  Susan  (Cunningham) 
Denison,  was  born  in  Hampton,  Conn.,  September  4,  1838, 
and  died  in  Pomfret,  Conn.,  July  7,  1895,  aged  nearly  fifty- 
seven  years.  For  nearly  a  year  after  graduation  he  taught 
in  Birdsboro,  Pa.,  and  then  entered  the  Union  Theological 
Seminary,  New  York  City.  A  year  later  he  went  to  Andover 
Seminary,  where  he  finished  the  course  in  1864,  though  his 
health  had  been  broken  by  malaria  contracted  in  1863  m  the 


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service  of  the  Christian  Commission.  The  most  of  the  follow- 
ing year  he  spent,  in  feeble  health,  with  his  brother  in  Portland, 
Conn.  He  was,  for  about  four  years,  interrupted  by  a  period 
of  ill  health,  in  the  service  of  the  New  York  Tribune,  traveling 
as  a  business  agent.  On  December  30,  1873,  he  was  suffi- 
ciently strong  to  be  ordained  and  installed  over  the  Second 
Congregational  Church  in  Middle  Haddam,  Conn.  His  health 
again  failing,  he  resigned  this  pastorate  in  June,  1884.  He 
then  went  to  Hartford,  Wis.,  the  home  of  a  brother,  and  while 
there,  was  able  to  supply  the  Congregational  church  in  that 
town.  In  1885,  he  returned  to  his  native  village  and  supplied 
the  pulpit  there  until  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  Congregational 
church  in  Pomfret,  Conn.,  where  he  was  installed  September 
1,  1889.  He  continued  in  Pomfret,  greatly  beloved  and  very 
happy  in  his  work,  until  his  death,  after  a  long  illness  of  severe 
suffering  from  sarcoma  of  the  liver. 

On  September  2,  1872,  he  married  Miss  Augusta  M.  Bryant, 
of  Springfield,  Mass.,  who  died  in  Middle  Haddam,  December 
22,  1873,  leaving  no  children. 

Samuel  Dunham,  youngest  son  of  Chauncey  and  Sylvia 
(Langdon)  Dunham,  was  born  February  8,  1835,  at  South- 
ington,  Conn.  He  takes  a  natural  and  pardonable  pride  in 
announcing  to  the  class  that  his  venerable  mother,  who  was 
born  July  27,  1800,  and  has  had  the  unique  experience  of 
enjoying  life  in  three  centuries,  is  still  living  (January,  1906) 
in  her  one  hundred  and  sixth  year,  and  that  she  is  a  "  real 
Daughter  "  of  the  American  Revolution,  her  father,  Capt. 
Giles  Langdon,  having  served  in  the  Revolutionary  army. 
It  is  presumed  that,  as  respects  age,  she  easily  breaks  the 
class  record.* 

In  the  absence  of  any  startling  personal  achievements  to 
record,  he  comforts  himself  just  a  little  upon  a  recent  dis- 
covery that  the  genealogy  of  the  Dunham  family,  in  England 
and  America,  two  volumes  now  going  through  the  press,  traces 
his  ancestry  directly  back  to  Deacon  John  Dunham,  of  the 
Mayflower,  who  figured  prominently  in  Colonial  affairs,  having 
for  many  years  served  as  an  officer  of  the  church,  and 
deputy  of  Old  Plymouth  Colony.      The  old  coat  of    arms 

*She  "fell  on  sleep"  February  21,  1906. 


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of  the  family  bears  the  legend,  "Semper  vigilante,"  almost 
as  inspiring  a  motto  as  our  own,  "Spectemur  agendo." 

Dunham  fitted  for  college  at  Lewis  Academy  in  his  native 
town,  graduating  as  valedictorian  in  1855.  He  entered 
college  with  the  class  of  1859,  chumming  with  his  old  fellow 
townsman,  Joe  Twichell;  but  was  soon  obliged,  by  the  return 
of  a  serious  affection  of  his  eyes,  to  abandon  study  for  nearly 
a  year.     He  then  re-entered  college  with  the  class  of  '60. 

Union  Theological  Seminary  in  New  York  City  knew  him 
for  two  years  after  graduating  from  college,  and  the  seminary 
at  Andover,  Mass.,  the  following  year,  where  he  graduated  in 
1863.  The  Essex  South  Association  at  Salem,  Mass.,  licensed 
him  to  preach  February  3,  1863.  He  began  the  supply  of  the 
pulpit  of  the  Congregational  church  at  West  Brookfield,  Mass., 
in  April,  1863,  and  was  ordained  and  installed  as  pastor  of  this 
church,  October  4,  1864,  and  continued  there  till  October  27, 
1870.  Following  that  charge  he  was  acting  pastor  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church,  of  Norwalk,  Conn.,  for  two  years. 
He  found  his  life  work  at  the  West  Presbyterian  Church, 
Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  where  he  went  January  1,  1873,  and  con- 
tinued as  active  pastor  till  January  3,  1902,  a  period  of  twenty- 
nine  years;  he  then  became  "  pastor  emeritus,"  with  a  small 
annual  stipend  for  life.  He  is  still  busy  meeting  various 
demands  of  his  old  parish,  and  preaching  almost  constantly  in 
the  city  or  elsewhere. 

He  organized  this  church  in  February,  1873,  with  sixty- 
five  members.  More  than  thirteen  hundred  were  added  to 
the  church  during  this  ministry.  Upon  his  retirement  from 
active  duties,  he  left  a  membership  of  over  eight  hundred. 
During  this  period  two  church  buildings  were  erected  and  one 
was  enlarged  and  remodeled,  and  a  parsonage  was  also  built. 
The  last  church  reared  is  a  spacious  stone  edifice,  one  of  the 
most  commodious  in  the  city,  upon  a  new  site.  It  was 
"  Erected  to  the  Glory  of  God  and  in  Loving  Memory  of 
Sarah  M.  Dunham,  Wife  of  the  first  Pastor,"  and  was  dedi- 
cated free  of  debt  in  October,  1899.  This  building  has  a 
large  memorial  window  for  his  deceased  wife  and  four  children. 

His  active  and  responsible  duties  outside  of  his  pastorate 
have  been  many ;   a  few  are  here  enumerated : 

Member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Binghamton  Presby- 
terian Union  since  1890,  and  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Bing- 


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hamton  Presbytery  for  about  the  same  period.  For  thirty 
years  treasurer  of  the  Binghamton  Presbytery.  The  first 
president  of  the  New  England  Society  of  Binghamton.  Secre- 
tary of  the  City  Ministerial  Association  for  the  last  thirty-three 
years,  still  in  office.  For  ten  years  secretary  of  the  Broome 
County  Bible  Society.  Member  of  the  Broome  County  His- 
torical Society.  Commissioner  to  Auburn  Theological  Semi- 
nary. Sy nodical  visitor  to  Union  Theological  Seminary. 
Member  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  New  York  State 
Christian  Endeavor  Union.  Eighteen  years  on  the  Board  of 
Examiners  of  Elmira  College.  Commissioner  to  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of 
America  at  Cleveland,  Saratoga,  Minneapolis,  New  York, 
Winona  Lake,  Los  Angeles,  etc. 

In  1869  and  1870,  he  enjoyed  a  six  months'  European  tour, 
and  in  1890  an  extensive  Oriental  tour,  returning  by  the  way 
of  Athens,  Constantinople,  and  the  Continent,  and  concluding 
with  a  trip  through  Great  Britain.  On  this  trip  he  visited 
the  Jessups  and  other  missionaries  in  Syria,  Joe  Twichell's 
sister  in  Constantinople,  and  Walter  Phelps  at  the  American 
embassy  in  Berlin. 

Among  his  publications  are: 

"An  Historical  Discourse,  Delivered  at  West  Brookfield, 
Mass.,  on  the  Occasion  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anni- 
versary of  the  First  Church  in  Brookfield,"  and  other  historical 
papers. 

Address  at  the  "  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  the 
First  Congregational  Society,  Southington,  Conn.,"  included 
in  the  volume  (pp.  845 )  of  "  Sketches  of  Southington." 

Contributions  to  a  volume  in  memory  of  Mrs.  Henry  L. 
Clapp,  of  New  York  City. 

"  The  Nation's  Tears,"  a  sermon  in  memory  of  President 
Garfield. 

"  In  Memoriam,  Mrs.  William  R.  Black,"  who  died  in  Edin- 
burgh, Scotland. 

"  In  Memoriam,  Mrs.  Samuel  Dunham." 

"  Retrospect  of  a  Happy  Ministry,"  including  the  history 
of  the  West  Presbyterian  Church,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  from 
its  organization  in  1873. 

He  was  married  at  Harwinton,  Conn.,  October  6,  1863, 
to  Miss  Sarah  M.,  daughter  of  Harley  Clarke,  Esq.     She  died 


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April  9,  1894.  They  had  four  children:  three  sons  and  one 
daughter,  all  deceased.  December  10,  1901,  he  married 
Robertha  C.  McLeod,  daughter  of  Robert  C.  and  Mary  A. 
(Bartholomew)  McLeod,  of  Philadelphia. 

More  than  in  all  honors  and  earthly  delights  Dunham  says 
he  rejoices  now  in  the  retrospect,  in  the  good  opinion,  confi- 
dence, and  esteem  of  his  brethren  in  the  ministry  of  all  denomi- 
nations, as  formally  expressed  on  several  occasions.  Upon 
completing,  in  1898,  the  twenty -fifth  year  of  his  pastorate, 
the  City  Ministerial  Association  passed  a  series  of  compli- 
mentary resolutions,  such  as  might  well  make  any  man  feel 
that  he  had  not  lived  altogether  in  vain.  At  the  public  cele- 
bration of  this  "  Silver  Jubilee,"  numerous  tributes  were  paid 
by  representative  ministers  of  the  various  denominations,  and 
more  than  one  hundred  congratulatory  letters  were  received 
from  old  friends  and  prominent  men  throughout  the  country. 

The  succeeding  year,  in  October,  1899,  upon  the  completion 
and  dedication  of  the  New  Memorial  Church,  a  still  more 
elaborate  and  gratifying  testimonial  was  adopted  and  pre- 
sented to  Dunham  by  the  same  ministerial  association. 

Upon  Dunham's  retirement  from  the  active  duties  of  the 
pastorate,  January  3,  1902,  the  Presbytery  of  Binghamton 
adopted  resolutions,  from  which  the  following  is  a  brief  extract : 

The  Presbytery  also  expresses  its  high  appreciation  of  the  work  of 
the  Rev.  Samuel  Dunham,  of  his  ministerial  ability,  faithful  service, 
and  self-sacrificing  spirit.  The  congregation  fostered  and  cared  for 
by  him  during  all  these  years,  and  brought  to  its  present  material  and 
spiritual  prosperity,  attests  the  character  of  his  labors. 

Clarence  Edward  Dutton,  born  at  Wallingford,  Conn.,  May 
15,  1 84 1.  Prepared  for  college  at  Ellington,  Conn.  Entered 
Yale,  June,  1856.  Graduated,  i860.  In  September,  1862, 
entered  as  a  volunteer  in  the  Twenty-first  Connecticut 
Infantry,  and  was  appointed  adjutant  of  the  regiment. 
Proceeded  with  the  regiment  to  Washington  and  thence  to 
Harper's  Ferry.  Marched  from  Harper's  Ferry  southward 
along  the  Blue  Ridge  and  eastward  to  Fredericksburg.  Was 
severely  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg  and  subse- 
quently was  extremely  ill  with  enteric  fever.  After  a  pro- 
tracted illness  recovered  and  rejoined  the  regiment  at  Norfolk, 
Va.     Went  with  it  to  Suffolk,  Va.,  where  it  was  engaged  in 


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constant  skirmishing,  and  on  July  3,  1863,  was  engaged  in  a 
heavy  battle  (the  same  day  as  the  battle  of  Gettysburg). 
A  month  later,  the  regiment  withdrew  to  Norfolk,  Va.,  and 
afterward  to  Newport  News.  In  November,  the  regiment 
went  to  Beaufort,  N.  C,  and  did  garrison  duty  at  points  along 
the  sound. 

In  December,  1863,  an  opportunity  was  offered  him  to 
compete  for  a  position  in  the  ordnance  corps  of  the  regular 
army,  which  was  offered  to  any  officer  of  the  regular  or  volun- 
teer service  who  might  pass  the  examination.  He  was  fortunate 
enough  to  pass  it,  and  was  appointed  a  second  lieutenant  of 
ordnance  in  January,  1864. 

Was  on  duty  at  Fort  Monroe  until  May,  1864,  being  married, 
meantime,  on  April  18,  to  Emeline  C.  Babcock,  of  New  Haven. 
In  May  was  ordered  to  the  Allegheny  Arsenal,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
In  the  fall  of  that  year  was  engaged  in  arming  volunteer  regi- 
ments and  disarming  term-expired  troops  at  Wheeling,  W. 
Va.,  at  Cincinnati,  Chicago,  and  Springfield,  111.,  until  Novem- 
ber, when  he  was  ordered  to  the  headquarters  of  General 
Schofield  in  the  field.  Joined  the  Twenty-third  Army  Corps 
in  Tennessee  just  before  the  battle  of  Harpeth  River  —  one 
of  the  most  terrible  and  bloody  battles  of  the  war.  Hood's 
army  was  repulsed  with  frightful  slaughter,  though  our  own 
was  almost  as  great.  We  retreated  to  Nashville,  where,  a  few 
days  later,  Hood  was  finally  crushed  and  fled  southwards. 
Schofield  pursued,  but  Hood's  extinction  was  so  complete 
that  there  were  no  fragments  to  be  gathered  up  and  the 
campaign  ended. 

Was  recalled  from  Schofield's  command  in  January,  1865, 
and  ordered  to  the  command  of  the  ordnance  depot  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac  and  remained  with  it  to  the  close  of  the 
war,  when  the  depot  was  cleared  out  and  the  stores  sent  to 
Washington  Arsenal.  Was  then  placed  on  duty  at  the  Water- 
vliet  Arsenal,  West  Troy,  N.  Y. 

He  had  now  some  leisure  time  in  the  afternoons  and  evenings 
which  could  be  devoted  to  study.  Two  subjects  interested  him ; 
one  was  the  manufacture  of  steel,  for  which  Troy  was  then 
noted  and  the  other  was  geology.  His  leisure  time  for  five  years 
was  divided  between  them,  much  of  the  week  days  being  spent 
in  the  steel  works,  while  the  Saturdays  and  Sundays  were  spent 
with  James  Hall  and  R.  P.  Whitfield,  at  Albany,  in  the  pale- 


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ontological  museum.  He  was  very  much  in  earnest  and  never 
lost  an  hour. 

In  1869  he  read  his  first  scientific  paper,  "  On  the  Chemistry 
of  the  Bessemer  Process,"  which,  he  believes,  was  the  first 
explanation  of  that  process  ever  published  —  at  least  in  this 
country.  It  was  read  before  the  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science. 

In  1870  was  transferred  to  the  Frankford  Arsenal,  Phila- 
delphia, remaining  there  a  year.  While  there,  he  still  con- 
tinued the  pursuit  of  the  two  subjects  and  wrote  several  papers 
which  were  given  in  the  Franklin  Institute,  the  American 
Philosophical  Society,  and  the  Academy  of  Sciences. 

In  187 1  was  transferred  to  the  Washington  Arsenal.  Here 
he  was  brought  into  intimate  contact  with  a  large  circle  of 
scientific  men,  which  aroused  his  interest  and  greatly  stimu- 
lated his  ambition.  Professors  Henry  and  Baird,  of  the 
Smithsonian;  Hilgard,  of  the  Coast  Survey;  Newcomb,  Hall, 
and  Harkness,of  the  Naval  Observatory ;  Hayden  and  Powell, 
of  the  surveys  of  the  West;  Woodward  and  Billings,  of  the 
Medical  Department,  he  met  often  at  the  Philosophical  Society, 
and  some  of  them  at  their  homes.  After  two  years,  which 
were  spent  in  geological  study  and  correlated  inquiries,  he  was 
asked  by  Powell  to  become  a  member  of  his  survey,  if  the 
War  Department  would  consent.  He  replied  that  he  would  not 
ask  for  the  duty,  but  if  the  authorities  saw  fit  to  detail  him,  it 
would  be  very  agreeable.  It  was,  however,  a  long  time  before 
any  action  was  taken.  At  length,  in  1875,  Professor  Henry 
took  up  the  subject,  and  by  personal  application  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  and  with  the  approval  of  the  chief  of  ordnance, 
secured  his  detail  to  Powell's  survey.  In  that  year  he  began 
his  geological  field  work.  The  first  field  season  was  in  the 
high  plateaus  of  southern  Utah  —  an  immense  field  of  vol- 
canic rocks.  This  work,  which  was  hardly  more  than  a 
reconnoissance,  occupied  three  years,  at  the  end  of  which  his 
first  monograph  was  written,  "  The  High  Plateaus  of  Utah." 

In  1878  the  western  surveys  (of  which  there  were  three ) 
were  consolidated,  and  Clarence  King  was  appointed  director, 
which  office  he  held  but  a  year  and  was  succeeded  by  Powell. 
In  1878  he  was  sent  to  the  survey  of  the  Grand  Canyon  dis- 
trict, immediately  south  of  the  high  plateaus.  Three  years 
were  occupied  in  this  work,  at  the  end  of  which  his  second 


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monograph  was  written,  "  The  Tertiary  History  of  the  Grand 
Canyon  District."  Upon  its  completion,  he  was  sent  to  the 
Hawaiian  Islands  (1882).  Nine  months  were  spent  there. 
Returning  to  Washington,  in  the  late  autumn,  his  third 
monograph  was  completed,  on  the  "  Hawaiian  Volcanoes." 

In  1883  he  went  to  explore  the  interesting  country  around 
Fort  Wingate,  Mount  Taylor,  and  Zuni,  which  occupied  two 
years,  and  his  fourth  monograph,  "  Mount  Taylor  and  the 
Zuni  Plateau,"  was  written  in  1884-85. 

He  was  next  sent  to  Northern  California  and  Oregon  to  begin 
the  survey  of  the  Cascade  Range,  one  of  the  greatest  volcanic 
fields  of  the  world,  being  surpassed  only  by  the  volcanic  field 
of  the  Deccan,  in  India,  in  magnitude.  When  he  had  spent  two 
years  in  the  reconnoissance  of  this  district,  he  was  diverted  from 
it  by  the  Charleston  earthquake.  He  had  for  several  years 
maintained  in  his  Washington  office  a  division  for  collecting 
information  about  earthquakes  in  the  United  States,  and  had 
studied  the  subject  with  the  greatest  interest.  The  earth- 
quake at  Charleston  occurred  while  he  was  in  the  wilds  of 
Oregon,  far  from  telegraphs  or  mails,  and  he  did  not  hear  of  it 
until  nearly  three  weeks  after  it  happened.  His  assistant, 
however,  had  taken  the  matter  up,  and  with  the  help  of 
Major  Powell  had  gathered  together  a  great  deal  of  informa- 
tion. On  his  return  he  went  to  Charleston,  and  in  the  course 
of  a  month  went  over  the  ground,  and,  meantime,  secured 
from  all  parts  of  the  country  a  great  number  of  reports  which 
he  proceeded  to  study.  In  1887  his  fifth  monograph  was 
written,  on  "  The  Charleston  Earthquake." 

He  had  supposed  when  this  monograph  was  written  that  he 
should  return,  when  it  was  finished,  to  his  work  in  the  Cascade 
region.  But  he  was  disappointed.  Congress  had,  during  the 
winter,  made  an  appropriation  for  beginning  the  irrigation 
surveys  of  the  West,  and  had  placed  the  work  in  the  geological 
survey  under  Powell's  direction.  He  had  been  for  many  years 
interested  in  the  developments  of  irrigation  in  the  West; 
had  studied  it  much,  and  had  been  instrumental  in  securing 
the  appropriation,  though  he  had  no  desire  to  take  charge  of 
the  work.  Powell,  however,  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior, 
and  those  congressmen  who  had  specially  interested  them- 
selves in  securing  the  appropriation,  all  united  in  pressing 
upon  him  the  charge  of  the  work.     He  very  reluctantly  con- 


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sented  to  begin  the  work  and  carry  it  on  for  a  year  or  two 
until  a  fit  man  could  be  found  for  it. 

The  first  appropriation  was  only  seventy-five  thousand 
dollars,  but  quite  large  enough  for  a  beginning.  Powell, 
however,  devoted  a  considerable  part  of  it  to  strengthening 
his  topographic  work, —  a  proceeding  which  Dutton  thought 
not  only  ill  advised,  but  unlawful.  However,  he  got  together  a 
body  of  hydrographers  and  young  men  well  educated  in  cognate 
branches  of  science  and  put  them  in  camp  during  the  autumn 
and  winter,  where  they  practiced  stream  measurements. 

The  next  year  Congress  appropriated  four  hundred  thousand 
dollars  for  the  irrigation  survey  work.  Powell  devoted  half  of  it 
to  the  topographic  work  and  with  the  remaining  half  Dut- 
ton employed  irrigation  engineers  who  had  long  been  known  to 
him,  and,  with  the  hydrographers  who  had  already  been  prac- 
ticing, they  divided  the  arid  country  up  and  began  their  work. 

Powell's  action  in  devoting  half  of  the  large  appropriation 
to  another  purpose  soon  bore  fruit,  as  Dutton  had  repeatedly 
told  him  it  would.  It  attracted  the  attention  of  the  far  western 
congressmen,  who  questioned  the  propriety  of  it;  and  the 
more  they  investigated  the  more  they  became  convinced 
that  it  was  wrong.  The  questionings  became  remonstrance, 
and  the  remonstrance  became  warning,  and  at  last  a  con- 
gressional joint  committee  of  investigation  was  ordered, 
which  resulted  in  a  very  damaging  report.  Powell  was  com- 
pelled to  resign  from  the  survey,  while  Dutton  was  upheld  and 
justified.     The  appropriation  was  discontinued. 

About  this  time  a  new  chief  of  ordnance  was  about  to  be 
appointed.  As  the  survey  had  lost  interest  for  him  by  the 
retirement  of  Powell,  and  as  the  next  chief  of  ordnance  would 
be  a  man  whom,  he  could  not  but  feel,  would  be  unwilling  to 
have  him  continue  in  the  survey,  he  requested  that  he  might 
be  relieved  and  returned  to  military  duty,  which  was  done,  in 
the  autumn  of  1890. 

He  then  made  a  journey  to  the  western  states,  the  Pacific 
coast,  and  the  Southern  states,  as  a  member  of  a  board  on 
factories  for  making  guns.  When  this  was  concluded,  he 
obtained  a  leave  of  absence  and  went  to  Central  America. 
On  his  return,  the  new  chief  of  ordnance  had  been  appointed, 
and  in  1891  ordered  him  to  the  command  of  the  San  Antonio 
Arsenal,  Texas.    He  remained  there  for  eight  years,  in  practical 


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banishment  until  the  chief  of  ordnance  retired,  in  1899.  His 
successor  was  a  friend  of  Dutton's,  and  he  ordered  him  to  his 
office  in  Washington  as  first  assistant.  The  position  was  very- 
honorable,  but  was  very  laborious,  thankless,  and  disagreeable, 
and  in  1901  he  was  glad  enough  to  ask  for  retirement,  although 
he  had  four  years  to  serve.  His  application  was  granted. 
Since  then,  he  has  been  in  much  ill  health,  but  has  written 
one  book  on  "  Earthquakes,"  one  of  Putnam's  Scientific 
Series.  His  health  has  begun  to  improve,  and  may  be  good 
enough  in  future  to  enable  him  to  write  more. 

This  book  on  "  Earthquakes  "  has  been  republished  in 
England. 

Daniel  Cady  Eaton,  son  of  Daniel  C.  Eaton,  Esq.,  was  born 
in  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  June  16,   1837. 

After  graduation  he  studied  law  in  the  Law  School  of 
Columbia  College,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
first  in  partnership  with  Fowler  of  our  class,  and  afterward 
with  Taylor,  of  '59,  at  No.  9  Pine  Street,  New  York  City.  In 
the  spring  of  1861  he  went  to  Washington  with  his  regiment, 
the  famous  Seventh  of  New  York.  He  was  in  Europe  for 
his  wife's  health  in  1866-67,  living  in  Dresden  during  the 
greater  part  of  his  absence.  He  returned  to  New  York  for 
a  year,  but  in  November,  1868,  he  went  to  Europe  again,  liv- 
ing for  some  months  in  Berlin.  On  his  return  to  New  York, 
in  June,  1869,  he  was  appointed  to  a  newly  established  pro- 
fessorship of  the  History  and  Criticism  of  Art  in  Yale  College. 
He  accepted  this  appointment,  and  sailed  for  Europe  again 
the  following  August  to  perfect  himself  at  all  points,  by 
study  and  investigation  at  the  best  sources  of  information 
and  inspiration,  for  the  acceptable  discharge  of  the  duties  of 
his  new  position. 

In  Paris,  Berlin,  Dresden,  Vienna,  Munich,  Florence,  Rome, 
and  London,  in  succession,  he  made  the  acquaintance  of  lead- 
ing instructors  in  the  different  branches  of  art,  familiarized 
himself  with  their  systems  of  instruction  and  with  the  organi- 
zation and  government  of  the  art  schools  to  which  they 
belonged.  At  the  Ecole  des  Beaux  Arts  in  Paris,  he  went  so 
far  as  to  have  himself  admitted  as  a  pupil  that  he  might  under- 
stand the  school  from  a  pupil's  point  of  view.  The  larger  part 
of  Eaton's  life  has  been  enthusiastically  devoted  to  the  study 


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of  art.     Even  during  his  college  course  he  was  an  art  critic 
of  marked  esthetic  taste  and  of  no  mean  attainments. 

From  a  report  made  by  Professor  Eaton  to  the  corporation 
in  1876,  we  extract  a  single  luminous  passage: 

No  complete  idea  of  the  history,  literature,  or  religion  of  a  nation 
can  be  obtained  without  a  knowledge  of  its  arts.  A  knowledge  of 
Greek  art  is  indispensable  to  an  understanding  of  Greek  nationality. 
The  study  of  Greek  literature  assumes  a  different  aspect  when  pursued 
in  connection  with  Greek  art.  The  Rennaissance  period  manifested 
its  strength  and  expressed  its  character  chiefly  in  art. 

The  one  art,  architecture,  affords,  in  its  early  monuments,  one  of 
the  best  means  of  tracing  the  origin  and  migration  of  races,  and  all 
through  history  it  is  to  the  ethnologist  a  reliable  and  pleasant  guide. 
Even  the  mathematician  may  find  a  new  delight  in  the  study  of 
perspective  or  in  tracing  the  dependence  of  the  most  abstruse  prin- 
ciples of  art  upon  the  most  abstract  formulas  of  science. 

In  our  Quarter-Centennial  Report,  Griffin  says  of  him: 

Eaton,  who  styles  himself  "  writer  and  lecturer  on  artistic  and 
educational  subjects,"  reminds  us  of  the  failure  of  any  former  class 
record  to  report  the  fact  that  he  was  appointed  colonel  in  New  York 
State  Militia  in  1863.  He  lays  special  emphasis  upon  the  additional 
fact  that  the  regiment  to  which  he  was  appointed  was  never  raised. 

He  also  says:  "  Once  ran  for  alderman  of  the  First  Ward,  New 
Haven,  on  the  Democratic  ticket.  Needless  to  add  that  I  was  licked 
out  of  my  boots." 

He  has  published  various  pamphlets,  newspaper  and  magazine 
articles,  besides  a  "  Handbook  to  Greek  and  Roman  Sculpture." 

For  some  years  past  he  has  been,  at  home  and  abroad,  in 
the  eager  pursuit  of  health,  and  the  shy  goddess  seems  as 
determined  to  avoid  him  as  he  is  to  capture  her.  He  wrote 
the  Secretary,  October  21,  1905: 

I  am  still  on  this  side  of  the  water  —  Hotel  des  Trots  Rats  a  Bale  — 
and  in  poor  condition.  I  shall  return  to  New  Haven  next  month  and, 
if  not  able  to  go  on  with  my  lectures,  must  send  in  my  resignation. 
I  am  going  to  Paris  next  Monday,  the  23d,  to  consult  an  eminent 
French  specialist,  Dr.  Gunion,  and  shall  be  influenced  by  his  opinion. 
At  home  I  have  had  physicians  of  both  schools.  No  two  agree;  no 
one  seems  to  know  exactly  what  is  the  matter.  If  my  race  is  run,  and 
my  work  done,  I  want  to  know  it. 

I  can't  write  out  my  history  for  the  class  book;  you  will  have  to 
take  the  old  one.  You  might  add  that  in  justification  of  the  position 
I  took  in  1876  when  I  resigned  my  professorship  in  the  Art  School, 
I  was  in  1901  appointed  to  a  university  professorship  of  the  History 
and  Criticism  of  Art. 


102  Class  of  Sixty 

He  was  married,  December  18,  1861,  to  Miss  Alice,  daughter 
of  Henry  Young,  Esq.,  of  New  York  City. 

From  Yale  Alumni  Weekly,  January  24,  1906: 

One  of  the  particularly  choice  lecture  series  of  the  winter  began  on 
the  17th  of  this  month,  when  Prof.  D.  Cady  Eaton  delivered  the 
first  of  a  series  of  lectures,  entitled,  "  Sketches  of  French  and  Italian 
History  and  Art  of  the  Fifteenth  and  Sixteenth  Centuries."  The  lec- 
tures are  delivered  in  room  Ai,  Osborn  Hall,  at  three  o'clock,  Wednes- 
day afternoons.  Professor  Eaton,  who  occupies  the  University  chair 
of  the  History  and  Criticism  of  Art,  is  prepared  as  few  men  in  this 
country  are  prepared  to  give  such  a  course  of  lectures,  and  the  oppor- 
tunity stands  out  as  an  unusual  one  even  for  New  Haven,  with  all 
its  list  of  lecture  series.  The  lectures  are  free  to  graduate  and  under- 
graduate students  of  the  University,  being  of  such  a  nature  as  to 
enlist  the  interest  of  any  age  to  whom  such  matters  appeal. 

*  Daniel  Riker  Elder,  son  of  George  and  Hannah  E.  Elder, 
of  Stamford,  Conn.,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  July  7,  1838, 
and  died  at  sea,  April  25,  1875,  aged  thirty -seven  years. 

Elder  remained  at  home  after  graduation  until  June,  1861, 
when  he  entered  the  navy.  From  March,  1862,  until  near  the 
time  of  his  death,  he  was  engaged  in  business  in  New  York 
City.  In  June,  1874,  he  left  home  for  a  trip  around  the  world, 
and  continued  in  good  health  until  his  departure  from  Japan 
on  the  steamer  City  of  Peking,  in  April,  1875,  when  he  was 
taken  seriously  ill  with  dysentery  and  died  within  three  days' 
sail  of  San  Francisco. 

*  George  Engs,  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Engs,  was 
born  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  February  25,  1840,  and  died  in  that 
city,  July  7,  1887,  in  the  forty-eighth  year  of  his  age. 

After  graduation  he  entered  at  once  on  the  study  of  medi- 
cine in  New  York  City,  and  was  graduated  in  1863  from  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons ;  after  which  he  served  two 
years  on  the  medical  staff  at  Belle vue  Hospital.  He  then 
returned  to  Newport  and  engaged  in  private  practice  for 
nearly  two  years,  which  were  followed  by  a  visit  of  about 
eighteen  months  to  Vienna,  Prague,  and  Paris,  for  further 
study.  The  rest  of  his  life  was  spent  in  Newport,  where  he 
died  very  suddenly  of  heart  disease.  As  long  as  his  health 
permitted,  he  was  a  successful  practitioner,  and  was  espe- 
cially beloved  by  the  poor,  who  benefited  by  his  professional 
services. 


Biographical  Record  103, 

Henry  Clay  Eno,  son  of  Amos  Richards  and  Lucy  Jane 
(Phelps )  Eno,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  October  28,  1840. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
medicine.  He  graduated  from  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  in  1864;  was  in  Bellevue  Hospital  at  1865,  and  sur- 
geon at  the  New  York  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  from  1875  to 
1882.  His  summer  residence  is  at  Saugatuck,  Conn.,  and  his 
winter  home  is  at  8  East  Sixty -first  Street,  New  York  City. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Nellie  Lane,  of  New  York  City, 
October  19,  1869. 

The  Secretary  feels  confident  that  Eno  will  bear  him 
witness  that  he  has  labored  with  him  instantly,  in  season 
and  out  of  season,  to  get  him  to  relate  the  interesting  story 
that  he  can  tell;  or  which  he  could  tell  and  would  tell,  but. 
for  the  multiplicity  of  other  and  more  exacting  and  insistent 
duties.  When  he  and  a  few  others  get  a  little  of  their  well- 
earned  leisure  they  will  write  for  us  the  story  we  are  longing 
to  hear,  and  we  shall  publish  a  supplementary  class  history 
of  an  interest  equal  to  or  surpassing  the  present  one. 

Horace  Lewis  Fairchild,  son  of  Daniel  Fairchild,  was  born 
in  Trumbull,  Conn.,  June  15,  1835. 
In  our  Decennial  Record  Catlin  said  : 

Since  graduation  but  little  has  been  heard  of  Fairchild,  nor  has  any 
reply  been  received  from  him  to  repeated  inquiries  addressed  him 
since  the  Decennial  Meeting.  He  is,  however,  believed  to  be  engaged 
in  the  paper  business  with  his  father,  in  Trumbull,  Conn. 

In  1875,  Griffin  said: 

The  historian  can  state  from  personal  observation  that  Fairchild 
is  still  alive,  and  that  he  continues  as  aforetime  in  the  paper  business 
in  the  beautiful  town  of  Trumbull,  Conn.  He  is  the  teacher  of  a 
young  men's  Bible  class  and  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church. 
No  written  communication  has  been  received  from  him. 

Again,  in  1885,  he  said  further: 

Fairchild  holds  his  own  among  the  paper  makers  of  Connecticut, 
and  promises  to  supply  all  customers  with  a  satisfactory  article  both 
in  quality  and  weight.  At  least  this  is  what  the  historian  supposes 
Fairchild  would  have  said  if  he  had  sent  him  any  word.  Some  of  us 
who  belonged  to  Fairchild's  division  still  retain  a  lively  sense  of 
gratitude  to  him  for  helps  over  hard  places  in  mathematics  during 
freshman  and  sophomore  years.  We  have  had  to  cross  other  pontes 
asinorum  since  without  his  help. 


104  Class  of  Sixty 

The  present  writer  has  been  more  fortunate  than  his  prede- 
cessors, for  under  date  of  February  28,  1905,  he  writes: 

It  is  evident  from  yours  of  the  25th,  you  expect  to  be  the  last  lone 
survivor,  for  you  begin  by  saying  after  copying  the  obituaries,  you 
are  "  now  ready  to  take  the  lives  of  the  survivors."  When  a  man 
gets  an  open  threat  like  that  he  naturally  takes  to  the  woods. 

Now,  as  I  had  the  honor  of  the  shortest  obituary  in  the  first  class 
history,  and  as  I  have  never  set  the  world  on  fire,  nor  even  been  put 
in  jail,  and  have  not  raised  any  boys,  nor  got  myself  into  any  more 
serious  trouble  than  the  average  man,  I  don't  really  feel  that  I  am 
in  dire  need  of  an  immediate  obituary. 

He  lives  in  the  village  of  Nichols,  about  six  miles  out  of 
Bridgeport,  where  there  is  excellent  authority  for  saying  that 
he  owns  considerable  property,  —  a  good  deal  of  land,  — and 
that  he  has  made  a  special  study  of  fruit  culture  and  is  con- 
sidered an  expert  in  this  branch.  "  He  is  a  man  of  very  sound 
judgment  and  is  consulted  on  important  matters  by  his  towns- 
people." He  has  been  for  the  past  twenty -six  years  one  of 
the  directors  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Bridgeport,  and 
he  has  represented  his  town  in  the  state  legislature  for  two 
years.  Perhaps  the  political  secrets  he  thus  became  cogni- 
zant of  at  Hartford  have  confirmed  him  in  a  habit  of  silence 
well  nigh  impenetrable.  He  might  take  the  class  into  his 
confidence,  however,  with  the  certainty  that  they  would 
respect  the  trust  reposed  in  them.  Moreover,  the  fact  that 
he  is  an  expert  fruit  culturist  is  one  that  is  calculated  to 
awaken  pleasant  thoughts  in  the  minds  of  all  his  classmates. 
It  seems  that  he  is  a  devotee  of  the  "  simple  life,"  and  not 
altogether  after  the  manner  of  one  of  its  greatest  professed 
exemplars,  who  has  by  some  been  mistaken  as  "  strenuous." 

He  sold  out  his  paper  manufacturing  business  in  1886. 

September  10,  1872,  he  was  married  to  Antoinette  Edwards, 
of  Trumbull,  Conn.     They  have  had  no  children. 

*  Edgar  Augustus  Finney,  son  of  James  and  Harriet 
Finney,  was  born  in  Norwalk,  Conn.,  March  27,  1836,  and 
died  there  September  21,  1872,  in  his  thirty -seventh  year. 

After  graduation  he  studied  law  for  two  years, —  during  the 
first  year  in  New  York,  and  then  in  Norwalk.  He  was  about 
to  be  admitted  to  the  bar  when  he  enlisted  in  the  Twenty-first 
New  Jersey  Volunteers,  in  which  regiment  he  was  soon  after 


Biographical  Record  105 

chosen  captain.  In  May,  1863,  at  the  battle  of  Chancellors- 
ville,  he  was  taken  prisoner,  and  was  confined  for  two  months 
in  Libby  Prison.  After  his  return  to  the  North  he  was 
engaged  for  a  time  in  business  in  New  York,  but  soon  retired 
to  his  native  place,  where  he  died  of  consumption. 

He  was  married,  March  5,  1867,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
Van  Cleef,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Their  only  child,  a  daughter, 
died  in  imancy. 

William  Edward  Foster,  son  of  Hon.  E.  H.  Foster,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  June  4,  1839. 

After  graduation  he  studied  law,  a  part  of  the  time  in 
Auburn,  N.  Y.,  and  afterwards  in  New  Haven,  until  the 
spring  of  1861,  when  he  was  commissioned  on  the  staff  of  the 
quartermaster-general  of  Connecticut,  with  the  rank  of 
captain,  which  position  he  resigned  in  July,  1862,  for  that  of 
paymaster  in  the  navy,  being  assigned  to  the  steamship 
Memphis  on  blockade  duty  in  the  South  Atlantic  Squadron. 
Remaining  in  active  service  until  1865,  he  resigned,  and 
returning  to  New  Haven,  studied  law,  and  was  in  the  same 
year  admitted  to  practice. 

In  the  winter  of  1867,  he  went  to  Florida  and  remained 
there  until  June,  1868.  In  November  of  that  year  he  became 
editor  and  part  owner  of  the  Lynchburg,  Va.,  Daily  Republi- 
can, and  participated  in  the  conduct  of  that  sheet  until  March, 
1870,  when  he  went  to  his  present  position,  that  of  editor  of 
the  Buffalo  (N.  Y. )  Commercial  Advertiser.  Griffin,  in 
1885,  records  him  as  the  author  of  "  about  three  hundred 
thousand  ringing  editorials,  salient  paragraphs,  and  such."  He 
completed,  on  the  9th  of  March  of  this  year  (1905),  his  thirty- 
fifth  year  of  service  upon  the  Commercial.  On  this  occasion 
there  was  a  general  acclaim  of  praise  from  the  newspapers 
of  that  city  and  section  of  the  state  for  faithful,  courteous, 
and  able  service.  The  voice  of  all  is  well  represented  by  the 
Catholic  Union  and  Times: 

We  have  learned  incidentally  that  on  this  Thursday  Mr.  William 
Edward  Foster  completes  the  thirty-fifth  year  of  continuous  editorial 
life  on  our  esteemed  neighbor,  the  Commercial. 

That  beats  our  record  on  the  Union  and  Times  by  four  years;  and 
we  doubt  if  there  be  two  other  editors  in  this  Empire  State  who  have 
given  the  same  length  of  uninterrupted  service  to  any  one  newspaper 
as  the  editor-in-chief  of  the  Commercial  and  ourselves. 


106  Class  of  Sixty 

Mr.  Foster  is  a  gentleman  of  high  and  varied  culture,  whose  accom- 
plishments and  character  have  won  the  regard  of  this  entire  commu- 
nity. We  heartily  salute  him  to-day,  and  wish  him  very  many  more 
years  of  health  and  happiness  to  preside  over  the  paper  that  his  gifted 
pen  has  so  long  adorned. 

He  is  president  of  the  Yale  Alumni  Association  of  Buffalo. 

He  married,  August  14,  1862,  Miss  Sarah  E.,  daughter  of 
the  Hon.  F.  J.  Betts,  of  New  Haven.  They  have  had  three 
children,  one  son  and  two  daughters.  The  son,  Frederick 
Betts  Foster,  died  at  the  age  of  fifteen;  the  oldest  daughter 
died  at  the  age  of  twenty,  in  1890;  the  youngest  daughter  is 
married  and  has  had  two  children. 

*  Charles  Dougharty  Foules,  son  of  William  B.  and  Matilda 
Ann  (Luse)  Foules,  and  brother  of  Henry  Luse  Foules 
(Yale,  1857  ),  was  born  October  23,  1839,  at  Kingston,  Miss., 
and  died  at  his  home  in  that  city,  May  27,  1 901,  in  the  sixty- 
second  year  of  his  age. 

After  graduation  he  studied  medicine,  but  preferred  the 
life  of  a  planter  and  devoted  himself  chiefly  to  that  occupa- 
tion. At  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War  he  joined  a  Mississippi 
cavalry  regiment,  and  served  in  Wade  Hampton's  command 
in  the  army  of  Northern  Virginia.  He  remained  in  the  serv- 
ice during  the  whole  war,  but  did  not  receive  even  a  slight 
wound,  though  he  took  part  in  many  engagements.  After 
the  war  ended  he  returned  to  his  plantation  and  went  to 
raising  cotton.  He  represented  his  county  in  the  state 
legislature  for  a  number  of  years  —  from  1882  to  1888.  He 
died  of  heart  trouble. 

June  30,  1900,  writing  to  the  Secretary,  he  said: 

I  have  performed  no  special  deeds  of  valor,  have  simply  lived  the 
life  of  a  quiet  planter,  doing  unto  others  as  I  would  have  them  do  unto 
me. 

He  married,  November  19,  1868,  Martha  Eugenia,  daughter 
of  Alexander  and  Weltha  Boyd,  who  survived  him  with  a 
son  and  daughter.  Mrs.  Foules  has  recently  died;  their 
daughter,  Mrs.  Mattie  Foules  Bailey,  lives  in  Natchez,  Miss. 

*  William  Fowler,  son  of  Rev.  Philemon  H.  Fowler,  D.D., 
and  Jennette  (Hopkins)  Fowler,  was  born  in  Albany,  N.  Y., 


Biographical  Record  107 

September  26,  1839,  and  entered  college  from  Utica.  He 
died  in  New  York  City,  November  26,  1874,  aged  thirty -five 
years. 

He  went  to  the  Albany  Law  School  after  graduation,  where 
he  took  the  degree  of  LL.B.,  in  the  summer  of  1861,  and  in 
the  autumn  entered  into  partnership  with  Cady  Eaton,  for 
the  practice  of  the  law  in  New  York  City.  In  1862,  he  was 
commissioned  as  lieutenant  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Seventy- 
third  Regiment,  New  York  Infantry,  and  served  with  them 
throughout  the  siege  of  Port  Hudson  and  Banks's  Louisiana 
Expedition,  and  during  this  period  sowing  the  seeds  of  the 
disease  of  which  he  finally  died.  In  August,  1863,  he  was 
commissioned  captain  and  transferred  to  the  One  Hundred 
and  Forty-sixth  New  York  Infantry,  and  in  his  capacity  as 
line  officer,  and  afterward  as  assistant  adjutant-general,  on 
the  staff  of  Gen.  Charles  Griffen,  of  the  Fifth  Corps,  partici- 
pated in  all  the  movements  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  from 
this  date  until  the  surrender  of  General  Lee.  He  was  in  every 
battle  of  the  Virginia  Campaign,  had  two  horses  shot  under 
him,  and  was  bre vetted  major.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  war 
he  was  commissioned  as  captain  in  the  regular  army,  and, 
at  the  request  of  General  Howard,  assigned  to  duty  with  the 
Freedmen's  Bureau,  and  placed  in  charge  of  the  Land  and 
Claim  Division.  In  1868  he  left  the  army  and  undertook  the 
business  of  manufacturing  turpentine  in  Newbern,  N.  C. 
Not  succeeding  in  this,  he  returned  to  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  where  his  diligent  efforts  were 
beginning  to  bring  him  success,  when  he  was  prostrated  by  a 
long  and  painful  illness  which  resulted  in  his  death. 

He  was  married,  October  26,  1871,  to  Miss  Laura  A.  Went- 
worth,  of  Elmira,  who  survives  him.  Her  address  is  Dedham, 
Mass. 

♦Everett  Parker  Freeman,  son  of  Horace  and  Eliza  A. 
(Belknap  )  Freeman,  was  born  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  January, 
1837,  and  died  in  Mankato,  Minn.,  November  27,  1895,  in 
his  fifty -ninth  year. 

After  studying  law  for  a  year  at  the  Albany  Law  School, 
and  at  home,  he  went  West  and  settled  in  Mankato,  in 
southern  Minnesota,  where  he  was  engaged  up  to  the  time 
of    his  death  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.     He  was  a 


108  Class  of  Sixty 

successful  lawyer  and  a  highly  esteemed  citizen.  He  was 
also  largely  intrusted  with  important  offices  from  the  time  of 
his  settlement  in  Mankato  until  his  death,  having  easily  won 
and  deserved  the  public  confidence.  He  served  twice  in  the 
state  senate.  Before  going  West  he  married,  in  October, 
1 86 1,  Eliza  K.,  daughter  of  Rev.  Henry  Morris,  then  of  Port 
Jervis,  N.  Y.,  and  later  of  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  His  wife  and 
three  children  survive  him  (1896). 

A  GOOD  MAN  GONE 

Mankato,  Minn.,  November  26. 
Funeral  services  over  the  remains  of  E.  P.  Freeman,  who  died 
this  morning,  will  be  conducted  by  the  Masons  to-morrow,  with  the 
entire  Bar  Association  of  Blue  Earth  County  attending.  Deceased 
was  born  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  fifty-eight  years  ago,  graduated  from 
Yale  College  in  i860,  and  afterwards  studied  law  at  the  Albany  Law 
School,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  law  in  New  York.  He  came  to 
Mankato  in  December,  1861,  and  has  since  then  been  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  recognized  by  judges  of  the  state  as 
having  one  of  the  brightest  and  most  acute  legal  minds  in  the  state. 
Perhaps  no  man  in  this  part  of  the  state  held  as  many  offices  of  trust 
as  the  deceased.  During  the  years  1867  and  1868  Mr.  Freeman  was 
county  attorney  of  Blue  Earth  County.  He  served  two  years  in  the 
state  senate,  retiring  in  1873,  when  he  was  appointed  register  of  the 
United  States  land  office  at  Jackson,  Minn.  Again  he  was  elected 
to  the  state  senate,  this  time  from  the  Jackson  district,  and  served 
during  the  years  1874  and  1875.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  he 
resumed  the  practice  of  law  in  Mankato  and  in  1878  was  a  second  time 
chosen  county  attorney,  and  was  again  re-elected  two  years  later. 
After  that  time  he  held  the  office  of  city  attorney  for  several  years. 
From  1889  to  1893  he  held  the  commission  from  President  Harrison 
as  receiver  of  the  United  States  land  office  at  Tracy  which  was  later 
removed  to  Marshall,  Minn.,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  president 
of  the  Blue  Earth  County  Bar  Association. —  Special  telegram  to  the 
Tribune. 

Edward  Brown  Furbish,  son  of  D.  H.  Furbish,  Esq.,  was 
born  in  Portland,  Me.,  May  21,  1837.  After  graduation  he 
entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Andover,  Mass.,  where 
he  studied  for  two  years.  He  was  then  requested  to  become 
chaplain  of  the  Twenty -fifth  Regiment  of  Maine  Volunteers, 
and  he  was  ordained  to  that  position  in  the  presence  of  his 
regiment,  by  his  pastor,  who  had  baptized  him  as  a  child 
and  received  him  into  his  church.  When  the  regiment  was 
mustered  out  of  the  service  in  1863,  he  entered  the  seminary 
at  Yale  and  finished  his  course  of  study  in  1864.     He  then 


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accepted  a  call  from  the  Presbyterian  church  at  New  Hartford, 
N.  Y.,  and  labored  there  from  December  1,  1864,  to  March  10, 
1872.  March  17,  1872,  he  became  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  at  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  and  continued  in  charge  there  until 
August,  1879.  He  then  went  to  the  Congregational  church 
at  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  and  remained  as  pastor  there  until  July, 
1890.  He  then  began  a  pastorate  in  the  Presbyterian  church 
at  Spencerport,  N.  Y.,  which  lasted  for  nearly  twelve  years. 
May  8,  1902,  he  was  appointed  chaplain  of  the  New  York 
State  Soldiers  and  Sailors'  Home,  at  Bath,  where  he  writes 
that  he  is  pleasantly  at  work. 

He  married,  October  9,  1862,  Miss  Grace  H.  Townsend, 
daughter  of  Robert  Townsend,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.  They 
have  had  six  children,  three  of  whom,  two  sons  and  one 
daughter,  are  now  living. 

♦Edward  Linus  Gaul,  son  of  John  Gaul,  Esq.,  a  leading 
lawyer  of  Columbia  County,  N.  Y.,  was  born  in  the  city  of 
Hudson,  February  24,  1837,  and  died  in  that  city,  April  2, 
1894,  in  his  fifty-eighth  year. 

Gaul  entered  the  class  in  the  spring  of  Freshman  year.  He 
studied  law  with  his  father  for  a  few  months  after  graduation, 
but  in  the  spring  of  1861  he  enlisted  in  the  United  States 
Navy,  where  he  served  until  February,  1862,  as  assistant 
purser  and  captain's  clerk.  In  the  following  autumn  he  raised 
a  company  for  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-ninth  New  York 
State  Volunteers,  of  which  regiment  he  was  lieutenant- 
colonel  at  the  time  of  his  discharge,  in  June,  1864,  on  account 
of  disability  from  swamp  fever,  contracted  in  Louisiana,  from 
the  effects  of  which  he  never  fully  recovered.  He  then  re- 
sumed his  law  studies  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  De- 
cember, 1865.  He  formed  a  partnership  in  Hudson  with 
Cornelius  Esselstyn,  Esq.,  but  in  1869  he  removed  to  New 
York  and  accepted  an  editorial  position  upon  the  New  York 
Times,  in  connection  with  the  real  estate  department.  On 
his  father's  death  in  1879,  he  returned  to  Hudson  to  look 
after  the  interests  of  his  estate,  and  that  continued  to  be  his 
residence  until  his  death.  He  was  well  known  through  his 
prominence  in  Masonic  circles  and  as  an  officer  of  the  National 
Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York.  He  died  after  a  lcng  period 
of  ill  health. 


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He  was  the  subject  of  many  eulogies  from  eminent  Masons 
and  other  men  of  prominence,  at  the  time  of  his  death.  The 
following  are  some  extracts: 

He  was  one  of  the  most  affable  of  men,  who  always  impressed  the 
least  consequential  of  his  acquaintances  with  that  affability  which 
never  deserted  him.  He  was  one  of  those  men  who  could  refuse  a 
request  in  so  graceful  a  way  as  to  make  it  seem  like  a  favor.  In  ap- 
pearance he  was  tall  and  handsome,  possessing  a  fine  figure  and 
graceful  carriage;   in  manner  always  the  polished  gentleman. 

No  one  knew  him  intimately  but  to  love  him,  and  to  have  known  him 
is  to  have  enjoyed  the  love  of  a  true  man,  —  one  of  nature's  noblemen. 
The  grandness  of  his  character,  the  open-hearted  generosity  of  his 
nature,  his  innate  courtesy,  won  our  esteem.  He  was  a  royal  com- 
panion, a  warm-hearted  and  loyal  friend.  He  had  a  heart  overflowing 
with  sympathy  and  kindness,  ready  to  assist  and  encourage  a  friend, 
and  beyond  that,  the  loyalty  and  courage  to  stand  by  him  to  the  last 
extremity.  He  possessed  sterling  qualities  which  commanded  admira- 
tion and  respect.  He  hated  devious  and  crooked  ways,  and  loved 
direct  and  ingenuous  dealing  in  all  the  affairs  of  life.  He  was  the 
charm  of  the  social  circle  and  was  welcomed  at  every  feast.  I  do  not 
think  another  man  can  be  named  with  as  large  a  circle  of  friends, 
and  it  is  a  grand  testimony  to  his  character  that  he  held  them  with 
hooks  of  steel. 

He  bequeathed  his  fine  Belles-Lettres  Library  of  about  one 
thousand  volumes  to  the  university,  and  also  his  portrait, 
a  fine  oil  painting;  these  were  accepted  with  the  promise  of 
devoting  an  alcove  to  their  reception  and  use. 

He  was  never  married.  His  sister,  Mrs.  George  C.  Yeisley, 
of  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  has  an  interest  in  '6o  perhaps  not  even 
second  to  that  which  her  brother  had. 

*  George  Walter  Giddings,  son  of  Nathaniel  Giddings,  Jr., 
was  born  in  Pittston,  Pa.,  July  3,  1832,  and  died  there  Janu- 
ary 12,  1 88 1,  in  his  forty -ninth  year. 

Giddings  studied  theology  for  three  years  in  the  seminary 
at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  but  after  he  had  graduated  his  eyes  failed 
him,  and  in  consequence  of  this,  and  also  on  account  of  his 
extreme  diffidence,  he  finally  abandoned  the  idea  of  preaching. 
He  served  as  a  private  in  the  Forty-ninth  Pennsylvania 
Militia  during  the  invasion  of  the  state  by  the  Confederate 
forces,  and  subsequently,  from  September,  1864,  until  August, 
1865,  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Ninety -eighth  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers.     The  following  years  were  spent  in  teaching,  in 


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farming,  and  in  business,  his  home  being  for  much  of  the  time 
in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  In  1880,  he  returned  to  his  native 
town,  where  his  invalid  mother  needed  his  care.  In  Novem- 
ber he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad 
Company,  and  while  thus  engaged  fell  from  a  trestle,  and 
received  an  injury  on  the  head  which  caused  his  death  a 
week  later.     He  was  never  married. 

*  George  Nelson  Greene,  son  of  Charles  Greene,  was  born 
in  Warwick,  R.  I.,  September  18,  1827,  and  died  at  Charles- 
town,  R.  I.,  May  17,  1894,  in  his  sixty -seventh  year. 

The  first  year  after  graduation,  having  had  some  experience 
as  a  Baptist  preacher  before  going  to  college,  he  spent  in 
occasional  preaching,  and  the  second  year  in  teaching  at 
Montville,  Conn.  In  the  spring  of  1863,  he  went  to  Norfolk, 
Va.,  as  a  missionary  to  the  freedmen,  and  he  remained  in  the 
South  engaged  in  general  missionary  labor  until  the  fall  of 
1865.  On  July  21,  1866,  he  married  Miss  Mary  F.  Saunders, 
of  Westerly,  R.  I.,  and  in  April,  1867,  accepted  a  call  to  the 
Central  Baptist  Church  in  Tiverton,  R.  I.  Two  years  later 
he  removed  to  the  Baptist  church  in  Tivoli,  N.  Y.,  and  thence, 
in  September,  1870,  to  Rosendale,  N.  Y.  In  June,  1871,  he 
returned  to  New  England.  After  a  few  years  mainly  spent 
in  teaching,  he  attempted  to  resume  the  duties  of  a  regular 
pastorate,  in  the  spring  of  1876,  in  Rhode  Island,  but  poor 
health  obliged  him  to  return  speedily  to  an  out-of-door  farm 
life.  In  October,  1884,  he  took  charge  of  a  church  in  South 
Newfane,  Vt.  From  there  he  went  to  a  church  in  East  Hard- 
wick,  in  the  same  state,  whence  he  removed  in  1892  to  Charles- 
town,  R.  I.,  on  account  of  ill  health.  The  next  year  he  was 
able  to  resume  preaching,  but  soon  after  died  of  heart  disease. 
His  wife  survives  him  (1895),  with  three  sons  and  four 
daughters. 

*  George  Hermon  Griffin,  son  of  Hermon  and  Louisa  G. 
(Faulkner)  Griffin,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  May  13,  1839, 
and  died  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  September  9,  1894,  in  his 
fifty-sixth  year. 

After  a  considerable  period  of  foreign  travel  he  entered  the 
Union  Theological  Seminary,  where  he  finished  the  course 
in  June,  1864.     On  June  22,  1865,  he  was  settled  as  pastor 


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of  the  Plymouth  (Congregational)  Church  in  Milford,  Conn., 
where  he  made  himself  greatly  beloved.  He  was  dismissed 
February  18,  1885,  to  accept  an  invitation  from  the  American 
Sunday-School  Union  to  become  their  secretary  for  New 
England.  He  then  removed  to  Springfield,  Mass.,  and  though 
retiring  from  the  service  of  the  Union  in  1892,  he  continued 
his  residence  in  that  city  until  his  very  sudden  death  there, 
from  cerebral  apoplexy. 

In  1875,  he  was  elected  to  succeed  Catlin  as  Class  Historian, 
and  brought  out  a  supplementary  record  in  that  year,  thirty- 
two  pages.  In  1885,  he  prepared  for  publication  an  addi- 
tional biographical  record,  sixty-eight  pages,  and  a  report 
of  the  meeting  in  1890,  of  eight  pages.  In  the  latter  year  he 
was  elected  Class  Secretary  to  succeed  William  L.  Bradley, 
and,  at  his  request,  the  office  of  Class  Historian,  as  a  separate 
office,  was  discontinued.  Into  his  work  for  the  class  he  put 
his  usual  and  well-known  earnestness  and  devotion,  as  well 
as  good  judgment  and  discrimination.     In  all  things  faithful. 

He  printed  a  small  volume  of  foreign  travel  in  1881,  and 
various  other  publications  —  especially  in  the  line  of  his 
special  interest  in  sacred  music.  A  brief  memorial  of  his  life 
has  been  issued. 

He  married,  June  13,  1867,  Katharine  L.,  daughter  of  Samuel 
A.  Hoyt,  of  Fishkill,  N.  Y.,  who  survives  him  (1895),  with 
three  children.     The  eldest  son  graduated  at  Yale  in  1892. 

A  classmate  wrote  of  him  in  the  New  York  Observer,  in 
part: 

He  had  made  his  home  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  when  he  entered  upon 
his  work  for  the  Union,  and  continued  to  reside  there  when  his  official 
connection  with  that  organization  ceased.  But  though  his  official 
life  was  over,  to  be  idle  was  not  in  his  nature.  On  his  first  coming 
to  Springfield  he  had  identified  himself  with  Hope  Congregational 
Church,  and  he  at  once  became  one  of  its  most  active  and  efficient 
workers.  He  conducted  the  Congregational  Bible  class,  he  led  the 
singing  in  the  prayer-meeting.  He  co-operated  with  the  then  pastor 
of  the  church,  Rev.  David  Allen  Reed,  in  the  School  for  Christian 
Workers,  of  which  the  latter  was  and  is  president.  He  was  also 
much  interested  in  the  work  of  the  French  Protestant  College,  located 
in  Springfield,  and  had  just  undertaken  to  edit  the  English  depart- 
ment of  the  paper  published  by  that  college  for  the  benefit  of  the 
many  Canadian  French  now  living  in  New  England.  His  salutatory 
had  been  already  printed  and  other  matter  was  in  readiness.  He 
was  for  a  time  president  of  the  Armory  Hill  branch  of  the  Young  Men's 


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Christian  Association  of  Springfield  and  always  active  in  its  work.  He 
was  one  of  the  foremost  spirits  in  the  Hampden  County  Musical  Asso- 
ciation which  affords  the  people  of  Springfield  and  vicinity  so  much 
of  culture  and  of  pleasure.  He  had  indeed  a  ready  hand  and  an  open 
purse  for  a  great  many  laudable  enterprises,  those  that  pertained  to 
public-spirited  citizenship  as  well  as  those  that  pertained  to  religion 
and  morals.  His  pen  often  supplemented  his  other  activities.  During 
all  his  residence  in  Springfield  he  was  frequently  called  to  fill  vacant 
pulpits,  and  became  endeared  to  a  number  of  neighboring  churches 
by  his  acceptable  ministrations. 

On  Sunday,  September  9,  he  complained  of  a  strange  and  dizzy 
feeling  in  the  head,  and  before  his  physician  could  be  summoned  he 
was  gone.     His  death  was  caused  by  cerebral  apoplexy. 

The  funeral  was  held  in  Hope  Church,  which  was  filled  with  mourn- 
ing friends,  young,  old,  rich,  poor,  white,  black.  The  services  were 
conducted  by  Rev.  Ralph  Brokaw,  the  paster.  Rev.  Oliver  A. 
Kingsbury,  a  friend  from  childhood's  days,  spoke  of  the  beautiful 
life  of  the  departed.  Rev.  David  A.  Reed,  the  former  pastor,  offered 
prayer.  A  male  quartet  sang  fitting  selections,  including  the  hymn 
already  spoken  of.  It  was  a  bright,  beautiful  September  afternoon, 
when  in  a  flower-strewn  grave  in  Oak  Grove  Cemetery,  beside  the 
sleeping  dust  of  his  two  infant  children,  we  laid  away  all  that  was 
mortal  of  him  to  gather  strength  and  beauty  for  the  coming  of  the 
Lord. 

Mr.  Griffin  leaves  a  widow  and  three  children.  His  oldest  son,  a 
graduate  of  Yale  (1892),  has  recently  been  admitted  to  practice  at 
the  New  York  Bar.  Two  older  brothers  also  survive,  Mr.  Edward 
Payson  Griffin  and  Mr.  C.  Francis  Griffin,  both  of  New  York  City. 

One  who  has  known  George  Griffin  —  playmate,  schoolmate, 
college  chum,  seminary  classmate,  received  into  the  communion  of 
the  church  and  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel  at  the  same  time  with 
him,  an  intimate  friend  throughout  all  the  years  —  bears  cordial 
testimony  to  the  purity,  simplicity,  beauty,  and  value  of  his  life.  It 
was  a  genuinely  Christian  life,  exceptionally  happy  as  human  lives 
go,  even  if  not  without  its  shadows.  It  was  a  life  which  helped  one's 
faith  in  Christ  and  his  religion.  It  was  a  life  which  put  sunshine  into 
many  other  lives  and  never  brought  a  shadow  into  any.  His  going 
leaves  a  great  void,  and  not  least  in  the  heart  of  him  who  lays  this 
tribute  of  affection  on  the  grave  of  his  departed  friend. 


David  Lewis  Haight,  son  of  Richard  R.  and  Sarah  R.  Haight, 
was  born  in  New  York  City,  September  27,  1839. 

There  is  little  that  the  present  writer  can  do  for  this  subject, 
except  to  copy  and  summarize  our  previous  records,  and  this 
is  being  done  reluctantly  as  such  an  all  around  good  fellow 
has,  no  doubt,  an  interesting  life  story  to  tell  his  classmates  if 
it  could  be  extracted  from  him,  but  he  has  been  tried  by 


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ingenious  devices  and  by  all  peaceable  means,  but  with 
limited  or  no  results.  So  much  as  this,  Haight  once  con- 
fessed :  That  the  present  commodious  and  elegant  housing  of 
the  University  Club  in  New  York  was  due  to  his  initiative, 
and  to  his  persistent  push  and  courage  in  silencing  objections 
and  overcoming  obstacles.  It  is  a  monument  in  which  any 
one  may  take  exultant  pride. 

To  go  back  a  little:  He  entered  college  with  the  class,  was 
a  faithful  attendant  for  the  four  years,  and,  after  graduation, 
began  the  study  of  medicine  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  in  New  York,  and  while  still  a  student  served  with 
the  Sanitary  Commission.  In  the  fall  of  1863,  he  was  ap- 
pointed acting  assistant  surgeon,  United  States  Army,  and 
was  ordered  to  the  Douglass  General  Hospital,  in  Washington, 
where  he  remained  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  then  went 
to  Europe  and  remained  there  until  the  fall  of  1869,  studying 
his  profession  in  all  the  best  institutions  of  the  chief  capitals, 
with  occasional  pleasure  trips  to  points  of  greatest  interest. 
When  he  returned  to  New  York,  he  opened  an  office  for  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  and  also  served  as  one  of  the 
physicians  to  the  New  York  Dispensary.  Although  a  usual 
attendant  on  class  meetings,  he  was  unable  to  be  with  us  at 
the  last  one.  But  he  reported,  by  letter,  that  he  was  in  good 
health,  and  doing  very  well  in  the  real  estate  business.  He 
sent  his  affectionate  greeting  to  his  classmates,  and  his  regrets 
at  not  being  able  to  be  at  the  reunion. 

William  Henry  Hale,  Ph.D.,  was  born  at  Albany,  N.  Y., 
August  20,  1840;  son  of  Silvester  and  Nancy  Arzelia  (Eames  ) 
Hale;  grandson  of  William  Hale,  of  Dal  ton,  Mass.,  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier,  who  owned  and  occupied  the  estate  at  Dalton 
which  is  now  the  home  of  Senator  W.  Murray  Crane;  and 
a  great-grandson  of  Dr.  Elizur  Hale,  of  Glastonbury,  Conn. 
(Yale,  1742  ),  who  was  born  on  the  estate  which  had  been  in 
the  family  since  the  seventeenth  century,  and  still  remains 
in  a  collateral  branch  as  the  famous  Hale  peach  orchard.  On 
his  mother's  side  he  is  a  great-grandson  of  Gideon  Deming, 
of  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  later  of  Washington,  Berkshire 
County,  Mass. ;  also  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution. 

After  completing  his  professional  and  postgraduate  course 
in  1863,  he  engaged  in  financial  and  commercial  business  for  a 


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number  of  years,  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Chicago,  and  elsewhere; 
but  finally  settled  down  to  the  practice  of  the  law,  having 
been  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Albany,  in  1861,  and  practiced 
at  Albany  till  1888,  when  he  removed  to  Brooklyn  and  has 
continued  in  practice  ever  since. 

Has  for  many  years  made  a  specialty  of  attending  and 
writing  up  reports  of  scientific  meetings  for  the  press,  having 
from  time  to  time  corresponded  with  many  of  the  leading 
news  and  professional  papers.  Was  for  many  years  the 
American  correspondent  of  Nature,  England.  Edited  the 
science  department  of  the  Bachelor  of  Arts,  a  magazine  pub- 
lished for  a  while  at  New  York.  Is  one  of  the  original  fellows 
of  the  American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science 

(1874). 

February  25,  1892,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Louisa  G., 
daughter  of  John  and  Louisa  Washington. 

*  Henry  Lewis  Hall,  son  of  John  and  Betsey  (Davis )  Hall, 
was  born  in  Guilford,  Conn.,  November  26,  1835,  and  died 
at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  November  6,  1869,  aged  thirty -four 
years. 

He  studied  in  Yale  Theological  Seminary  until  October  30, 
1 86 1,  when  he  was  ordained  chaplain  of  the  Tenth  Regiment 
of  Connecticut  Volunteers.  In  August,  1862,  he  returned 
home  and  then  went  to  Europe,  where  he  studied  for  three 
years  at  Halle.  He  was  installed  over  the  Congregational 
church  at  Auburn,  Me.,  January  23,  1868,  but  resigned  his 
charge  in  less  than  a  year  on  account  of  failing  health,  though 
he  was  not  formally  dismissed  until  March  21,  1869.  His 
remaining  days  were  spent  in  seeking  recovery  of  health,  but 
an  acute  attack  of  his  malady,  Bright 's  disease,  caused  his 
death. 

He  was  married,  January  17,  1868,  to  Laura  Hale  Stickney, 
daughter  of  J.  N.  Stickney,  of  Rockville,  Conn.  They 
had  one  child,  a  daughter. 

Classmate  Griffin  wrote  of  him: 

He  was  uncommonly  gifted  in  mind;  a  thorough  student,  a  clear 
thinker,  and  a  terse  writer;  yet  while  ranking  among  the  first  scholars 
of  the  class,  he  was  always  modest  and  unassuming.  Of  a  warm 
heart,  kindly  sympathy,  and  genial  temperament,  his  was  one  of  those 
transparent  natures  which  answer  to  the  full  idea  contained  in  the 
Latin  derivatives  of  the  word  sincere. 


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*  Henry  Elmer  Hart,  son  of  Ruel  and  Rosanna  (Barnes ) 
Hart,  died  of  pneumonia  at  West  Hartford,  Conn.,  September 
9,  1905.  He  was  born  at  Southington,  Conn.,  June  1,  1834. 
He  fitted  for  college  by  private  study  and  in  the  academy  of 
his  native  town.  He  entered  college  in  the  fall  of  1855,  but 
owing  to  ill  health,  entered  as  Freshman  again  a  year  later. 
This  second  time  of  entering,  instead  of  being  penniless,  as 
he  was  the  year  before,  he  had  forty  dollars  in  his  pocket. 
He  secured  the  privilege  of  ringing  the  college  bell  during  his 
Senior  year.  After  graduating  from  college  he  studied  the- 
ology at  the  seminary  at  East  Windsor  Hill,  Conn.,  whence  he 
graduated  in  June,  1863.  His  pastorates  have  all  been  in  his 
native  state,  as  follows:  Bridgewater,  three  years;  East 
Hampton,  from  September  19,  1866,  to  November,  1871; 
Durham,  November,  1871,  to  June,  1875;  Wapping,  June, 
1875,  to  June,  1878;  Hadlyme,  June,  1878,  to  May,  1881; 
Franklin,  June,  i88i,to  May,  1900.  In  June,  1900,  he  moved 
to  West  Hartford,  where  he  became  the  beloved  pastor 
emeritus  of  all  the  people,  spending  his  time  in  visiting  the 
sick  and  comforting  the  afflicted.  He  was  rich  only  in  the 
blessings  and  gratitude  of  those  he  was  able  to  help  in  many 
ways. 

Writing  to  the  Secretary,  March,  1905,  he  said: 

In  reviewing  my  life  I  find  little  occasion  for  praise  or  ground  for 
censure.  I  have  tried  to  improve  my  opportunities,  and  I  have  done 
some  good.  Were  I  at  the  entrance  of  life,  I  would  choose  the  ministry 
with  all  its  poverty  and  disadvantages,  and  live  it  through  again  as 
best  I  could. 

He  married  Miss  Josephine  G.  Perry,  of  New  Britain,  Conn., 
October  6,  1864.  They  had  three  children,  who,  with  the 
wife,  survive  him.  The  children  are:  William  E.  Hart,  New 
Britain;  Mrs.  A.  D.  Lamb,  Franklin,  and  Miss  Elizabeth  E. 
Hart,  West  Hartford. 

*  Henry  Eugene  Hawley,  son  of  Irad  and  Sarah  (Holmes ) 
Hawley,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  June  24,  1838,  and  died 
in  his  native  city,  February  10,  1899,  in  his  sixty-first  year. 

He  spent  the  greater  part  of  the  first  three  years  after 
graduation  in  mercantile  business  abroad,  the  first  year  in 
Nassau  and  Havana.  In  December,  1864,  he  settled  to  a 
business  life  in  New  York  City.     For  a  long  time  he  was 


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engaged  in  the  tea  importing  and  jobbing  business,  and  more 
recently  was  at  the  head  of  the  Standard  Asphalt  Company. 
February  12,  1862,  he  married  Elizabeth  T.,  eldest  child 
of  William  S.  Lockwood,  of  Norwalk,  Conn.  His  children 
were  four  daughters,  the  eldest  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 

*  Daniel  Hebard,  son  of  Hon.  Learned  Hebard,  was  born  in 
Lebanon,  Conn.,  September  3,  1836.  For  a  short  time  after 
graduation  he  was  in  charge  of  the  library  of  the  American 
Geographical  Society  in  New  York.  After  a  brief  service 
there  he  became  an  instructor  in  the  Ohio  Deaf  and  Dumb 
Asylum,  at  Columbus,  a  position  which  he  retained  until 
December  18,  1861,  when  he  was  appointed  assistant  adjutant- 
general  of  volunteers  and  attached  to  the  staff  of  General 
Gorman.  He  acted  a  brave  part  in  the  battles  of  the  Penin- 
sula and  before  Richmond.  But  his  incessant  services 
seriously  impaired  his  strength  and  he  was  sent  home  to 
recover  his  health.  The  disease,  however,  terminated 
fatally  soon  after  he  reached  New  York.  He  died  in  the 
New  England  rooms  of  that  city,  August  7,  1862,  aged  twenty- 
six  years. 

Champion  said  of  him: 

Hebard's  practical  talents  were  always  prominent.  I  saw  this  in 
a  variety  of  circumstances;  nowhere  was  it  more  manifest  than  in 
the  Brothers'  Library.  He  seemed  born  a  librarian,  and  was  one  of 
the  prime  movers  in  changing  the  library  system.  At  Columbus 
he  made  his  mark.  When  his  knowledge  was  to  be  applied  to  practice 
—  when  he  was  to  teach  others  —  he  at  once  took  the  lead.  He 
mastered  the  manual  in  an  incredibly  short  period. 

He  had  a  very  sympathetic  and  emotional  nature.  His  religious 
feelings  were  at  times  very  strong;  but  in  no  way  did  his  soul  leap  out 
more  than  in  what  I  call  "  righteous  indignation."  His  sense  of  jus- 
tice as  well  as  of  honor  was  very  keen.  When  others  would  simply 
express  strong  disappointment,  he  would  bring  out  all  his  artillery 
and  fire  no  blank  cartridges. 

General  Gorman  said  that  Hebard  was  the  most  exemplary  man  and 
the  best  officer  of  his  class  in  the  division.  He  had  been  promoted, 
but  died  before  the  order  was  published.  He  entered  the  army  from 
the  purest  patriotism,  determined  to  sacrifice  everything  for  his 
country;  his  life  as  a  Christian  was  no  less  bright  than  as  a  patriot. 
"  Death,"  he  said  in  a  letter  home,  "  has  few  terrors  for  me.  I  have 
learned  to  trust  all  upon  Him  who  died  that  I  might  live,"  and  his 
whole  correspondence  shows  the  same  earnest  devotion. 


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Lucius  Hopkins  Higgins,  son  of  Timothy  and  Jennette 
Carter  Higgins,  was  born  in  Southington,  Conn.,  July  4,  1832. 

He  fitted  for  college  at  Monson  (Mass.)  Academy,  and 
passed  the  first  term  of  Freshman  year  at  Amherst,  before 
coming  to  Yale.  After  graduation  he  studied  theology  one 
year  at  New  Haven  and  the  two  following  years  at  the  Andover 
Seminary,  graduating  in  1863.  He  then  spent  two  years  in 
study  and  local  preaching.  In  October,  1865,  he  removed, 
with  his  family,  to  Chicago,  and  the  succeeding  March  he 
went  to  Lanark,  111.,  a  flourishing  town  one  hundred  and  forty 
miles  farther  west.  In  June,  he  was  ordained  and  installed 
as  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church.  During  this  pas- 
torate of  nearly  nine  years,  he  had  some  of  the  most  pleasant 
experiences  of  his  life. 

On  account  of  impaired  health,  he  returned  to  New  Haven, 
with  his  family,  in  September,  1874,  and  the  next  March  he 
became  the  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  at  Hunting- 
ton, Conn.  He  continued  here  till  October,  1881,  when  his 
field  of  labor  was  changed  to  Mount  Carmel,  Conn.,  and  the 
Congregational  church  at  that  place  became  his  charge. 
Here  nearly  seven  years  were  spent,  it  being,  with  one  excep- 
tion, the  longest  period  covered  by  any  pastor  in  that  church. 
A  unanimous  call  to  the  church  at  Hanover,  Conn.,  together 
with  physical  reasons,  led  to  his  making  a  change  to  that 
point  where  he  ministered  to  a  thoughtful  and  appreciative 
people  for  twelve  years,  closing  his  labors  in  December,  1900. 
This  period  marked  the  end  of  active  service  in  the  ministry. 
Moving,  with  his  family,  to  West  Hartford,  he  found  a  most 
pleasant  home  with  congenial  surroundings,  with  children 
and  grandchildren  within  a  few  minutes'  walk.  He  still 
preaches  as  often  as  opportunity  offers,  passing  his  spare  time 
in  his  garden  and  in  other  rural  occupations,  quietly  enjoying 
the  sun-setting  period  of  life.  He  extends  the  most  cordial 
invitation  to  the  boys  of  '6o,  their  sons  and  daughters,  to 
partake  of  his  hospitality.  Looking  back  over  a  busy  life  he 
writes  that  he  can  say  with  another:  "  Hitherto  hath  the 
Lord  helped  me." 

He  married,  September  3,  1863,  Miss  Louise  Young  Blakes- 
lee,  of  New  Haven.  They  had  seven  children:  Edwin  Aure- 
lius,  born  June  27,  1864;  Jennette  Carter,  November  21,  1867; 
Henry  Dewitte,  September  5.  1870;    Mary  Edwards,  Septem- 


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ber  10,  1872;  Gould  Shelton,  July  2,  1875;  David  Winne, 
February  28,  1878,  and  Homer  Blakeslee,  July  28,  1882. 
The  latter  died  in  May,  1884.  Three  sons  and  two  daughters 
are  married,  and  they  have  five  children. 

Edward  Goodman  Holden,  son  of  A.  P.  and  M.  J.  Holden, 
was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  January  24,  1839. 

After  graduation  he  took  up  newspaper  and  literary  work 
as  his  vocation  for  life.     He  writes : 

I  can  hardly  remember  when  I  was  not  interested  in  newspapers. 
I  learned  most  of  the  alphabet  from  their  titles  and  their  modest 
headlines  of  more  than  half  a  century  ago.  I  early  got  acquainted 
with  the  mystery  of  typesetting  and  the  primitive  hand -printing  of 
those  times.  I  think  I  looked  upon  an  editor  with  as  much  awe  as 
upon  a  clergyman,  which  was  then  heterodox.  I  was  always  an 
assiduous  newspaper  reader  and  when  I  was  thirteen  years  old  I  was 
a  subscriber  to  the  New  York  Daily  Tribune,  and  from  then  on  was 
a  devourer  of  newspapers  —  advertisements  and  all.  I  occasionally 
issued  a  single  copy  of  my  own,  printed  with  pen  and  ink.  So  I  never 
had  much  doubt  what  I  should  become  after  leaving  college,  where 
I  deemed  my  election  as  an  editor  of  the  ''Lit."  as  big  an  honor  as 
any  I  was  likely  to  obtain. 

Daniel  C.  Gilman  gave  me  a  letter  of  introduction  to  Charles  A.  Dana, 
then  managing  editor  of  the  Tribune.  He  offered  me  some  good 
advice,  or  at  any  rate,  advice,  but  no  position.  Perhaps  he  shared 
Greeley's  alleged  prejudice  against  college  graduates.  About  a 
month  before  Sumter  was  fired  on,  I  heard  of  a  vacancy  on  the  Hart- 
ford Courant.  The  duties  mainly  were  to  copy  and  condense  the 
telegraphic  dispatches,  and  to  write  editorial  articles  when  the  editor 
was  absent  or  didn't  feel  like  it,  which  proved  to  be  most  of  the  time. 
After  the  war  broke  out,  the  dispatches  generally  came  until  three 
or  four  o'clock  in  the  morning.  As  I  was  a  poor  daylight  sleeper,  I 
had  on  that  account  to  secure  a  more  congenial  place  both  for  work 
and  hours  on  the  Hartford  Post,  of  which  I  subsequently  had  charge, 
until  the  establishment  of  the  Detroit  Post  with  Carl  Schurz  as  editor- 
in-chief.  My  year's  acquaintance  with  as  intelligent,  kind,  and  genial 
a  man  as  I  ever  knew,  has  always  been  a  pleasant  episode  in  my  life. 
He  went  elsewhere,  but  I  lived  in  Detroit  for  nearly  thirty  years, 
engaged  in  newspaper  work,  and  two  years  in  Cleveland.  At  this 
time,  my  health  being  broken,  I  had  to  give  up  routine  work,  but 
subsequently  pursued  my  occupation  for  ten  years  in  Chicago  and 
New  York,  independently  of  any  direct  connection. 

Newspaper  work,  except  on  its  commercial  or  publishing  side,  never 
yields  more  than  a  comfortable  living,  and  even  then  is,  like  office- 
holding,  subject  a  good  deal  to  caprice  and  influences  independent 
of  the  quality  of  the  work.  For  the  most  of  my  life  it  yielded  me  a 
comfortable  living  in  the  commercial  sense  and  always  an  agreeable 


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one  socially  and  intellectually.  With  my  training  and  predilections 
I  doubt  if  I  could  have  done  any  better  in  any  other  pursuit.  I  do 
not  think  the  college  training  at  Yale  half  a  century  or  more  ago  was 
especially  adapted  to  newspaper  work,  the  chief  occupations  recog- 
nized by  the  courses  of  study  being  theology,  law,  and  teaching. 

Married,  June  20,  1874,  to  Jean  M.  Stansbury,  of  Danville, 
111. 

Children:  (1 )  James  Stansbury,  born  June  12,  1875; 
graduate  of  Detroit  High  School;  two  years  student  at  Michi- 
gan Agricultural  College;  graduate  of  Detroit  Law  School. 
Successful  operator  and  dealer  in  Detroit  real  estate. 

(2)  Euphemia  Goodman,  born  September  8,  1877;  gradu- 
ate Detroit  High  School;  two  years  at  the  University  of 
Michigan;  achieved  some  reputation  as  writer  for  the  periodi- 
cal press. 

Ephraim  Lindsley  Holmes,  son  of  John  A.  Holmes,  Esq., 
was  born  in  Delaware  County,  N.  Y.,  February  27,  1830. 

He  fitted  for  college  at  the  Delaware  Literary  Institute, 
Franklin,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  the  valedictorian  of  his  class, 
and  entered  college  the  first  term  of  Junior  year.  After 
graduating  from  college  he  was  married  and  went  to  farming 
and  into  the  lumber  business,  besides  engaging  in  a  mercantile 
business  at  Downsville,  N.  Y.,  and  at  the  same  time  began 
to  read  law  in  the  office  of  Johnson  &  Wagner,  doing  the  most 
of  his  law  reading  at  night  and  on  stormy  days.  During  his 
term  as  law  student  he  had  a  large  practice  in  trying  cases 
in  justices'  courts.  After  admission  to  the  bar  he  was  a 
justice  of  the  peace  for  twelve  years,  supervisor  of  his  town, 
besides  holding  various  other  offices  of  local  importance. 
While  good  health  lasted  he  had  a  very  large  and  lucrative 
practice  in  his  own  and  a  neighboring  county.  After  a  time, 
through  failure  of  his  hearing,  he  had  to  give  up  practice  in 
the  courts.  His  health  is  much  better  now  (1905)  than  it 
was  a  few  years  ago,  although  he  does  not  expect  ever  again 
to  be  able  to  undertake  and  carry  on  the  difficult  and  laborious 
tasks  of  former  days. 

His  early  life  was  one  of  struggles  and  sacrifices  to  enable 
him  to  compass  a  college  and  professional  education.  He 
won  success,  surmounting  difficulties  and  obstacles  that 
would  have  daunted  a  less  determined  spirit. 

He  married,  September  19,  i860,  Miss  Emmeline  Dann,  of 


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Colchester,  N.  Y.     They  had  six  children,  four  boys  and  two 
girls.     The  youngest  boy  and  the  two  girls  are  still  living. 

His  oldest  son,  our  Class  Boy,  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  who 
took  the  silver  cup,  died  September  19,  1894.  His  death, 
which  was  quite  sudden,  was  caused  by  pulmonary  trouble. 
He  had  received  a  good  academic  education,  but  owing  to 
his  father's  business  difficulties  and  losses  he  was  unable  to 
go  to  Yale.  He  had  already  made  a  fine  start  in  a  business 
life  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  at  the  time  of  his  decease. 

*John  Howard,  son  of  Davis  and  Martha  Howard,  was  born 
in  Boston,  Mass.,  February  22,  1838.  He  entered  college 
the  first  term  of  Freshman  year,  from  West  Bridgewater,  Mass. 
After  graduation  he  engaged  in  teaching  music  at  Bath,  Me., 
and  afterward  at  Woodstock,  Vt.  For  about  six  months  he 
served  in  the  Twelfth  Regiment  of  Massachusetts  Volunteers. 
During  the  years  1867-69  he  spent  most  of  the  time  studying 
music  in  Germany.  It  was  during  that  period,  May,  1867, 
that  he  married  Miss  Annie  Heawood,  at  Leipsic.  They  had 
one  child,  a  daughter,  Annie  Curtis,  born  in  February,  1868, 
and  died  the  September  following.  On  his  return  to  this 
country,  Howard  resided  for  some  time  at  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
and  later  at  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.  After  a  time  he  returned  to 
Boston,  his  native  city,  where  he  gave  lessons  in  artistic  sing- 
ing according  to  the  Howard  Voice  Method.  Later  he 
removed  to  New  York,  where  he  still  pursued  his  musical 
studies  and  lessons.  He  was  a  scholar  in  the  whole  literature 
of  his  profession,  including  Latin,  Italian,  German,  French, 
and  English  authors.  He  was  also  skilled  in  the  study  and 
dissection  of  all  the  vocal  organs,  devoting  much  time  to  this 
branch  under  the  direction  of  eminent  specialists. 

In  1 88 1  he  published  a  pamphlet  of  sixty-four  pages  upon 
"  Respiratory  Control,"  and  in  1885,  a  book  of  three  hundred 
pages  upon  the  "  Physiology  of  Artistic  Singing."  Just 
before  his  death  he  had  completed  for  publication  a  new 
work  on  music. 

The  last  twenty  years  or  so  of  his  life  were  spent  in  New 
York  City  in  pursuit  of  his  favorite  profession.  October  3, 
1904,  in  crossing  Broadway  to  visit  acquaintances  in  West 
Sixtieth  Street,  he  was  run  down  by  a  truck,  receiving  a  com- 
pound fracture  of  the  skull,  from  which  he  died  an  hour  later 
in  the  accident  ward  of  the  Roosevelt  Hospital. 


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His  first  wife  died  in  February,  1868.  He  married  Mrs. 
Helen  Graham,  at  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  September  16,  1872. 
In  1880,  he  married  Miss  Cicily  C.  Carbaniss,  of  Williamson 
County,  Texas,  who  died  in  1889,  leaving  three  daughters 
and  a  son,  who  survive  him. 

*  Theodore  Lewis  Buffett  Howe  was  born  in  Lenox,  N.  Y., 
June  15,  1839.  He  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  Howe  (Yale 
College,  1827). 

Howe  taught  school  in  Madison,  Conn.,  for  a  short  time 
after  graduation,  but  ill  health  compelled  him  to  give  up  the 
work.  In  January,  1861,  he  had  a  hemorrhage  of  the  lungs, 
from  which  he  never  recovered.  It  was  his  hope  and  inten- 
tion to  become  a  foreign  missionary,  and  to  this  end  he  pur- 
sued, as  far  as  his  health  permitted,  the  study  of  both  theology 
and  medicine.  November  7,  1863,  he  had  a  sudden  hemor- 
rhage of  the  lungs  which  terminated  fatally.  His  age  was 
twenty-four  years. 

*  Thomas  Gordon  Hunt,  son  of  John  and  Sarah  (Gordon ) 
Hunt,  was  born  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  July  29,  1838,  and 
died  of  heart  failure  in  Washington,  D.  C,  November  2,  1891, 
in  his  fifty-fourth  year. 

He  remained  at  home  for  two  years  after  graduation,  in 
business  with  his  father.  He  married  Annie  G.,  daughter 
of  the  Hon.  Jonathan  Bourne,  of  New  Bedford,  December  29, 
1862,  and  after  an  extended  tour  abroad  he  returned  to  a 
business  life  in  his  native  city.  Within  two  or  three  years 
he  removed  to  New  York,  where  he  continued  in  a  commission 
business  in  oil  for  many  years. 

His  wife  survived  him,  with  their  only  daughter.  His 
daughter,  Mrs.  A.  Kirtland  Michler,  is  living  at  Greenwich, 
Conn.     His  widow  died  in  Washington,  December  29,  1897. 

A  classmate  wrote  concerning  him  at  the  time  of  his  death : 

He  was  throughout  the  entire  course  the  popular  man  of  his  class. 
His  integrity  and  nice  sense  of  honor,  his  scholarship,  ripening  naturally 
from  congenial  study,  and  little  quickened  by  strife  for  rank,  and  the 
charm  of  his  companionship  brought  to  him  the  respect,  confidence, 
and  affection  of  both  the  students  and  professors  of  the  college. 

It  may  be  of  interest  to  his  friends,  who  in  his  mature  years  knew  him 
only  as  a  man  of  affairs,  to  learn  that  in  the  rare  art  of  turning  the 
Greek  and  Latin  poets  into  elegant  English,  he  had  few,  if  any,  superiors 
among  his  classmates. 


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But  better  than  scholarship  or  grace  of  manner  were  the  ingenu- 
ousness of  character  and  cheery  kindliness  by  which  he  was  very 
helpful,  unconsciously,  no  doubt,  to  the  better  purposes  of  college 
life. 

*  William  Henry  Hurlbut,  son  of  H.  A.  Hurlbut,  Esq.,  was 
born  in  New  York  City,  June  17,  1840,  and  died  at  St.  Augus- 
tine, Fla.,  February  18,  1905,  in  his  sixty-fifth  year. 

After  graduation  he  went  into  business  in  his  native  city, 
and  carried  it  on  until  1892.  Afterward,  while  his  father  was 
still  living,  he  was  engaged  with  him  in  looking  after  private  in- 
terests, which  were  of  no  small  magnitude.  During  the  Civil 
War  he  went  twice  with  his  regiment,  the  famous  Seventh  New 
York,  to  the  defense  of  Washington.  He  served  for  some 
time  as  a  member  of  the  New  York  City  Board  of  Education, 
and  was  actively  identified  with  all  measures  proposed  for  the 
improvement  of  the  schools,  and  for  the  maintenance  and 
extension  of  their  opportunities.  Owing  to  ill  health,  he  lived 
a  retired  life,  for  some  years  before  his  death,  which  came 
quite  suddenly  through  an  attack  of  pneumonia.  Classmates 
will  always  remember  him  as  he  appeared  as  their  leader  and 
secretary  at  their  reunion  in  1895 — the  same  jolly  fellow 
they  had  parted  with  on  the  campus  under  the  old  elms, 
thirty-five  years  before. 

He  married,  December  2,  1863,  Miss  Margaret  H.  Crane, 
of  New  York  City,  who,  with  two  daughters,  survives  him. 

Mrs.  Hurlbut  has  given,  June,  1905,  ten  thousand  dollars 
to  the  Yale  Infirmary  as  a  memorial  of  her  husband.  A 
room  with  special  reference  to  the  needs  of  poorer  students  is 
provided  for,  and  it  is  to  be  known  by  his  name. 

Henry  Larned  Johnson,  son  of  Henry  L.  Johnson,  Esq.,  and 
Almira  D.  (Browning)  Johnson,  was  born  in  Jewett  City, 
Conn.,  July  11,  1837. 

He  entered  college  with  the  class,  having  been  prepared 
at  the  academy  at  Thetford,  Vt.  After  graduation  he  studied 
law  for  a  year  in  Hartford,  Conn.  In  the  fall  of  1861,  he 
volunteered  and  was  made  commissary  of  the  Fifth  Connecti- 
cut Volunteers.  Afterwards  he  was  assigned  to  signal  duty 
on  the  Potomac,  and  in  the  fall  of  1862,  was  appointed  aide- 
de-camp  on  the  staff  of  General  Terry,  serving  with  him  in 
that  capacity  at    Suffolk,  Va.,   Newbern,   Port   Royal,   and 


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before  Charleston.  In  1863  he  was  appointed  assistant 
adjutant-general  by  President  Lincoln,  and  was  assigned  to 
duty  as  judge  advocate  of  a  military  commission  at  Harris- 
burg,  Pa.  Later  he  was  ordered  to  join  the  army  operating 
before  Petersburg  and  Richmond,  and  was  assigned  to  duty 
upon  the  staff  of  General  Birney.  Afterwards  he  rejoined 
General  Terry,  and  after  the  fall  of  Richmond  resigned  his 
commission  and  returned  to  his  home  in  Connecticut. 

In  1866  he  became  connected  with  a  firm  of  manufacturers 
of  paper  hangings,  and  a  short  time  later  he  engaged  with 
Brayton  Ives  (Yale,  1861)  in  gold  mining  ventures  in  Nova 
Scotia.  In  1868  he  and  Ives  began  business  as  bankers  and 
brokers  in  Wall  Street,  where  uninterrupted  success  has 
attended  him,  and  in  the  opinion  of  his  classmates  never  was 
prosperity  better  deserved. 

In  April,  1902,  he  transferred  his  seat  in  the  Stock  Exchange 
to  his  son  Leeds  (Yale,  1898)  and  he  has  since  been  in  the 
quiet  enjoyment  of  life,  getting  much  pleasure  out  of  it  in 
many  ways.  Camping  in  the  Adirondacks  in  the  summer 
and  yachting  are  his  favorite  amusements.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Union  League  Club,  and  of  the  Atlantic  Yacht  Club. 

He  married  Miss  Carrie  D.  Howe,  of  New  York  City, 
December  3,  1868.     She  died  May  16,  1870. 

June  3,  1873,  he  married  Miss  Carrie  D.  Leeds,  of  St  at  en 
Island. 

*  William  Curtis  Johnston  was  born  July  11,  1839,  at  Trebi- 
zond,  Asia  Minor.  He  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Thomas  P. 
Johnston,  then  missionary  of  the  American  Board  in  Turkey. 
Subsequently  he  lived  in  Smyrna,  and  in  1853  he  came  to  the 
United  States  and  fitted  for  college  at  Salem,  Mass. 

After  graduation  he  studied  for  the  ministry  in  the  Presby- 
terian Theological  Seminary  at  Danville,  Ky.,  and  after  two 
years  was  licensed  to  preach.  In  the  summer  of  1862  he 
was  engaged  in  preaching  and  teaching  in  Greensburg,  Ky. 
In  the  following  September  he  was  ordained  and  commissioned 
as  a  chaplain  in  the  Thirteenth  United  States  Kentucky 
Volunteers.  This  regiment  was  stationed  at  Mumfordsville, 
Ky.,  and  while  there  he  was  seized  with  pneumonia  and  died, 
December  3,  1862,  aged  twenty-four  years. 

At  our  Triennial,  Daniels  said  of  him: 


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As  a  writer,  speaker,  and  debater,  he  stood  in  the  very  front  of 
our  class.  Debate  and  extempore  speaking  were  his  forte,  and  his 
happiest  intellectual  efforts  were  at  those  times  when  he  was  throwing 
his  whole  mind  and  soul  into  some  grand  theme  upon  the  stage.  Of 
native  eloquence,  the  rarest  of  nature's  gifts,  he  had  no  mean  share. 

But  in  his  social,  frank,  transparent,  and  confiding  traits,  in  a 
word,  all  that  made  him  attractive  as  a  friend,  was  his  greatest  natural 
power.  He  made  friends  everywhere.  There  was  a  spontaneousness 
about  his  friendship  that  led  every  one  to  see  that  it  was  genuine. 
Kind  words  and  gentle  deeds  were  as  natural  to  him  as  blossom  and 
fragrance  to  a  flower.  Johnston  was  never  proud.  He  did  not  wear 
his  honors  as  laurels,  but  laid  them  at  the  feet  of  the  Master,  happy 
to  wear  the  Christian  graces  as  his  unfading  crown.  His  best  eulogy 
is  that  he  was  a  sincere  and  humble  Christian. 

Luther  Maynard  Jones,  son  of  Levi  Jones,  Esq.,  was  born  in 
Marlboro,  N.  H.,  April  21,  1837. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  at  Williston  Seminary  and 
entered  with  the  class.  After  graduation  he  spent  the  first  six 
months  in  New  York  as  secretary  of  the  American  Geographi- 
cal and  Statistical  Society.  He  returned  to  New  Haven  in 
February,  1861,  and  remained  there  until  the  following  Sep- 
tember, when  he  entered  the  Columbia  College  Law  School. 
The  following  May  he  served  in  the  hospitals,  caring  for  sick 
and  wounded  soldiers.  The  latter  part  of  April  he  went  to 
Keene,  N.  H.,  and  resumed  the  study  of  law.  He  received 
the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Columbia  in  1865,  and  of  M.A.  in 
1868. 

None  of  our  class  records,  later  than  the  Decennial,  give 
any  additional  information  about  his  career.  That  he  went 
to  Europe  and  was  occasionally  seen  in  London,  Paris,  and 
at  other  points,  by  classmates  and  other  college  acquaintances, 
is  matter  of  common  knowledge.  It  is  now  many  years  since 
he  has  been  met  by  any  of  his  former  friends.  If  living,  he 
makes  no  sign;  if  dead,  his  resting  place,  with  time,  place, 
and  circumstance  of  his  demise,  are  unknown  to  those  having 
the  greatest  interest  in  these  facts. 

A  classmate  writes  of  him: 

We  all  remember  his  brilliant  and  promising  career  while  he  was 
our  classmate  in  college.  Many  considered  him  to  be  by  far  the  ablest 
man  in  the  Class  of  '60.  It  is  certain  that  no  member  of  his  class  excelled 
him  in  versatility  of  talent.  During  his  college  course  he  won  several  of 
the  highest  prizes.  Early  in  his  Sophomore  year  he  wrested  the  Yale 
Literary  Medal  from  competition  in  the  Junior  and  Senior  classes, 


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and  no  one  who  heard  his  speech  given  at  the  Freshman  Prize  Debate 
in  the  Brothers  in  Unity,  which  at  once  made  him  a  marked  man  in 
the  college  circle,  or  his  De  Forest  prize  oration,  pronounced  just 
before  his  graduation,  will  forget  either  one  of  his  efforts.  During 
his  collegiate  course  also  he  did  that  which  was  better  than  any  bril- 
liant exhibition  of  ability  by  exerting  the  strong  and  steady  influence 
which  grew  out  of  his  religious  character.  For  four  years  he  was 
mentally  and  morally  a  great  power  in  the  Yale  community,  beloved 
even  more  for  his  unaffected  goodness  than  for  his  great  ability. 

Up  to  the  date  of  graduation,  the  college  discipline  had  held  Jones 
to  something  like  a  uniform  course,  but  when  he  entered  the  outside 
world,  his  many  aptitudes  began  to  confuse  him.  His  ability  to  walk 
in  so  many  paths  became  his  greatest  misfortune,  and  he  was  excelled 
by  classmates  of  far  less  ability  who  could  say:  "  This  one  thing  I  do.'! 

He  lost  his  main  chance  for  a  successful  career  in  this  country. 
His  conduct  in  middle  life  became  more  and  more  unworthy  of  his 
early  promise,  and  he  finally  disappeared  from  view  altogether.  For 
a  long  time  Yale  alumni  who  visited  the  European  capitals  reported 
their  having  met  Jones  personally  or  their  having  seen  persons  upon 
whom  he  had  called.  But  as  no  rumors  concerning  him  have  reached 
this  country  for  more  than  ten  years,  the  inference  that  he  is  no  longer 
alive  becomes  very  strong.  Let  us  forget  the  errors  of  Luther  Jones's 
later  years,  and  remember  him  as  we  knew  him  in  the  brilliant  promise 
of  his  college  days.  Had  his  almost  unlimited  ability  been  matched 
by  a  corresponding  strength  of  character  and  purpose,  he  might,  in 
our  opinion,  have  made  one  of  the  foremost  men  of  his  generation. 
The  high  expectation  to  which  he  gave  rise  was  not  fulfilled  on  this 
earth,  but  he  was  for  many  years  certainly  a  man  of  strong  religious 
character,  and  we  trust  that  the  next  life  upon  which  he  has  probably 
entered  may  afford  him  the  grand  new  chance  to  begin  again.  The 
Creator  has  made  "  nothing  in  vain,"  and  it  is  against  all  reason  to 
believe  that  He  will  permit  the  splendid  powers  with  which  He  endowed 
our  classmate  to  come  to  a  total  loss.  —  W.  E.  P.,  January,  1906. 

*  Sidmon  Thome  Keese,  son  of  Peter  and  Melinda  A.  Keese, 
was  born  in  Keeseville,  N.  Y.,  May  16,  1840,  and  died,  at 
Peru,  N.  Y.,  April  3  1880,  aged  forty  years. 

Keese  entered  our  class  during  the  first  term  of  Freshman 
year,  and  after  graduation  studied  law  in  the  Columbia 
College  Law  School,  graduating  in  1862.  He  took  the  first 
prize  there  during  his  course  and  was  chosen  orator  for  the 
alumni  at  the  Commencement  in  1863.  During  the  summer 
of  1864,  he  was  in  the  service  of  the  sanitary  commission  in 
Virginia.  He  practiced  his  profession  in  New  York  City  until 
187 1,  when  he  was  appointed  by  the  legislature  of  New  Jersey 
justice  of  the  first  district  police  court  of  Jersey  City,  the 
place  of  his  residence.     He  held  this  office  until  1877,  when 


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he  resumed  practice  in  Jersey  City.  A  year  or  two  later  he 
had  a  severe  attack  of  rheumatism  which  induced  dropsy. 
He  went  to  Peru,  N.  Y.,  near  his  old  home,  for  his  health,  but 
died  there. 

Keese  had  abilities  of  a  high  order,  far  greater  than  was 
generally  known  to  his  classmates.  He  was  a  great  lover  of 
books  —  a  great  reader  and  student  of  books  of  the  best  class, 
whether  in  history,  politics,  poetry,  biography,  or  fiction. 
He  both  absorbed  and  assimilated  what  he  read,  and  in  the 
privacy  of  his  own  room,  with  a  fellow  student,  would  give 
a  comprehensive,  lucid,  and  illuminating  view  or  review  of  the 
subject  to  which  he  had  given  his  attention.  His  textbooks 
and  the  daily  grind  of  the  class  room  had  small  interest  for 
him,  bored  him,  in  fact,  so  that  his  rank  as  a  student  was  just 
high  enough  to  keep  him  from  being  dropped  out  of  the 
class.  But  with  all  his  solid  attainments  outside  the  regular 
course,  he  seemed  to  lack  that  "  spur  to  prick  the  sides  of  his 
intent,"  and  give  him  a  standing  in  the  class  and  college  that 
he  was  well  able  to  win  and  to  hold.  Perhaps  the  curriculum 
of  this  day  is  better  adapted  to  a  man  of  his  cast  of  mind. 
Perhaps  life  had  been  made  too  easy  for  him  in  his  early 
days.  He  had  the  ability  and  the  culture  to  have  enabled 
him  to  take  high  rank  in  college  and  in  the  world. 

He  was  married,  February  14,  1865,  to  Miss  Mary  E. 
Andrews,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  who  survives  him,  with  one 
son,  who  bears  the  name  of  Sidmon. 

Winfield  Scott  Keyes,  son  of  Gen.  E.  D.  and  Caroline  M. 
(Clarke)  Keyes,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  November  17, 

1839. 

For  a  short  period  after  graduation  he  engaged  in  business 
in  New  York.  In  the  fall  of  1861,  he  went  to  Saxony  and 
studied  mining  for  three  years  at  the  Mining  School  at  Frei- 
burg. Upon  his  return  home  he  went  to  the  Pacific  coast  and 
engaged  in  mining  in  California  and  Nevada.  In  November, 
1870,  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  state  mineralogist  of 
Nevada.  At  this  period  of  his  career  he  wrote  several  valua- 
ble official  papers,  such  as  articles  on  the  mineral  resources  of 
California,  reports  on  Montana  to  mineral  commissioner, 
etc. 

He  has  acted  as  mining  engineer  and  expert  in  all  the  mining 


128  Class  of  Sixty 

states  of  the  West,  and  also  in  Mexico.  He  has  published 
several  monographs  on  mining  and  metallurgy,  Eureka  lode, 
and  Leadville  ore  formation.  At  the  Centennial  Exhibition 
at  Philadelphia  he  was  one  of  the  judges,  and  was  commis- 
sioner for  Nevada  at  the  Paris  Exhibition  in  1878.  Under 
date  of  May  25,  1905,  he  writes: 

I  am  in  the  very  best  of  health  and  spirits,  —  absolutely  sound  in 
mind,  body,  and  estate.  I  am  "up  to  my  eyes  "  in  business.  Am 
opening  up  two  big  mines  [in  Mexico]  and  getting  ready  to  dam  (not 
damn)  for  hydraulic  and  electric  works.  I  am  vice-president  of  a 
big  bank  here  [San  Francisco],  and  director  of  another  up  country. 
I  was  offered  and  refused  the  presidency  of  one  bank.  Last  summer 
at  the  St.  Louis  Exposition  I  received  "  Grand  Prize  "  for  my  exhibit 
of  ' '  dry  ' '  wines  -1—  an  unexpected  success,  as  there  were  only  three 
prizes  for  the  different  California  wines  exhibited.  I  have  reached 
the  top  rung  of  the  wine  ladder  and  I  have  long  ago  reached  that 
elevation  as  a  mining  engineer.  So  I  may  fairly  consider  myself  a 
success  as,  first,  an  engineer;  second,  as  a  financier;  third,  as  a  viti- 
culturist;  and,  fourth,  as  a  money  maker. 

Oliver  Addison  Kingsbury,  son  of  Oliver  Richmond  and 
Susan  (Patterson)  Kingsbury,  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
August  20,  1839.  He  was  prepared  for  college  at  "  The 
Collegiate  School  "  in  his  native  city,  and  entered  college  with 
his  class.  For  a  while  after  graduation  he  engaged  in  teach- 
ing, but  in  September,  1861,  he  entered  Union  Theological 
Seminary  in  New  York  and  graduated  June  8,  1864. 

In  the  spring  of  1865,  he  took  charge  of  the  Congregational 
church  at  Middle  Haddam,  Conn.  In  the  autumn  of  1866, 
he  accepted  a  call  to  the  pastorate  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Joliet ,  111. ,  then  recently  organized,  and  was  ordained 
and  installed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Chicago,  December  11, 
1866.  A  substantial  stone  house  of  worship  was  built  during 
this  pastorate.  In  March,  1869,  he  resigned  this  charge  and 
returned  East.  After  supplying  various  pulpits  for  a  time, 
he  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
at  Wappingers  Falls,  N.  Y.,  and  continued  there  from 
February,  1870,  to  November,  1873.  An  attractive  church 
edifice  was  erected  during  this  time. 

In  the  early  summer  of  1873,  he  began  editorial  work  in 
connection  with  the  American  Tract  Society,  in  New  York 
City.  His  work  was  upon  The  Illustrated  Christian  Weekly, 
The  American  Messenger,  and  The  Child's  Paper.     In  addition 


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to  editorial  duties  he  served  as  pastor  of  the  Union  Evangelical 
Church  at  Corona,  L.  I.,  from  July,  1874,  to  June,  1877.  In 
October,  1878,  he  removed  his  residence  to  Jersey  City  and 
remained  there  until  May,  1889,  supplying  pulpits  here  and 
there  in  addition  to  editorial  work.  From  the  summer  of 
1887  to  February,  1889,  he  was  editor-in-chief  of  The  Illus- 
trated Christian  Weekly.  After  this  for  two  years  he  was 
occupied  in  supplying  pulpits  and  writing.  He  entered  upon 
the  pastorate  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  New  Hartford, 
N.  Y.,  April  1,  1 89 1,  which  is  the  oldest  church  of  that  region, 
and  where  Furbish  formerly  preached,  and  there  he  still  abides. 
For  eleven  years  he  was  the  permanent  clerk  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Jersey  City,  and  he  is  the  stated  clerk  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Utica.  He  has  been  four  times  a  commissioner  to  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  the  United  States  of 
America. 

Besides  contributing  many  articles  to  religious  periodicals, 
he  has  written  several  books  and  booklets:  "  The  Freed- 
man's  Home,"  "  Hints  for  Living,"  "  Alfred  Warriner," 
"  Burdens,"  "  Holiness,"  and  "  The  Spiritual  Life." 

He  was  married,  May  11,  1865,  to  Sarah  Cecilia  Stevenson, 
of  New  York  City.  They  have  had  four  children,  two  sons 
and  two  daughters;  one  son  died  in  infancy.  There  are  five 
grandchildren. 

William  Ingraham  Kip,  son  of  Right  Rev.  William  Ingra- 
ham  Kip,  Bishop  of  California,  was  born  in  Albany,  N.  Y., 
in  January,  1840. 

Soon  after  graduating  he  went  to  Europe,  traveled  there 
for  a  while  and  then  returned  to  California  and  began  the 
study  of  law.  Shortly  after  he  was  appointed  secretary  of 
the  United  States  Legation  to  Japan  and  he  remained  in  that 
country  during  the  year  1862.  Most  of  the  following  year  he 
passed  in  China  and  in  East  India,  and  then  nearly  two  years 
more  in  Europe,  and  then  in  the  fall  of  1865  he  returned  to 
this  country.  For  one  year  following  he  lived  in  the  East 
and  then  he  returned  to  California  and  became  a  [commission 
merchant  in  San  Francisco. 

In  our  Record  of  1885,  he  reports  himself  as  statistician  to 
the  government. 

August,  1905,  he  writes: 

Since  my  last  report  I  have  been  living  quietly  in  San  Francisco 


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with  the  exception  of  trips  abroad  and  to  the  East.  At  present  I  am 
the  United  States  Statistician  here,  besides  which  I  am  doing  some 
investing  and  taking  care  of  my  private  means. 

I  have  one  son,  a  lawyer,  and  two  daughters,  both  married:  One 
married  to  Major  Guy  L.  Edie,  U.  S.  A.,  the  other  to  Dr.  Ernest 
L.  Robertson,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.     Have  three  grandchildren. 

He  was  married,  February  28,  1865,  at  Nice,  France,  to 
Miss  Eliza  C.  Kinney. 


Josiah  Edwards  Kittredge,  son  of  Dr.  Josiah  and  Sarah 
(French)  Kittredge,  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  October  12, 
1836.  His  father  was  a  physician  and  surgeon,  born  in  Mt. 
Vernon,  N.  H.,  being  fifth    in  descent  from  John  Kittredge. 

He  fitted  for  college  at  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meriden, 
N.  H.,  and  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  coming  into  the 
class  in  Junior  year.  After  graduating  he  was  principal,  for 
one  year,  of  the  Mt.  Prospect  Institute  in  Montclair,  N.  J. 
He  studied  theology  one  year  at  Union  Theological  Seminary 
in  New  York  City  and  two  years  at  Andover,  where  he  gradu- 
ated in  1864.  The  two  following  years  he  spent  in  travel  in 
Europe,  Egypt,  and  the  East.  He  organized  the  first  Sunday 
school  of  the  American  Chapel  in  Paris  in  1866.  His  first 
pastorate  was  at  Glastonbury,  Conn.,  1869  to  1873. 

The  winter  of  1873  he  spent  in  Berlin  with  his  family,  in 
charge  of  the  American  Chapel.  In  1874,  he  traveled  in 
Scandinavia,  and  in  1875  in  Asia  Minor  and  visited  Constanti- 
nople. He  was  pastor  of  the  American  Union  Church  in 
Florence,  Italy,  from  1874  to  1876.  April  18,  1877,  he  was 
installed  as  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Geneseo, 
N.  Y.  A  division  in  the  old  church  of  nearly  twenty  years 
standing  was  healed,  and  the  two  parties  united  in  building 
a  church  costing  forty  thousand  dollars,  which  was  dedicated 
in  December,  1881. 

He  is  an  enthusiastic  student  of  Biblical  archaeology,  a 
member  of  the  London  Society  of  Biblical  Archaeology,  and 
of  the  Victoria  Institute,  and  is  local  secretary  of  the  Egypt 
Exploration  Fund.  The  University  of  New  York  City  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  degree  of  D.D.  in  1884.  He  has  pub- 
lished a  "  Year  Book  of  Sermon  Texts  "  for  children,  besides 
sermons,  lectures,  and  addresses.  He  is  secretary  of  the 
Chuutauqua  Archaeological  Department  and, upon  its  inaugu- 


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ration,  delivered  an  address  entitled  "  Bible  History  in  the 
Light  of  Modern  Research,"  which  was  favorably  criticised 
and  praised  in  the  London  Academy.  These  studies  are  his 
recreation,  his  duties  as  pastor  and  preacher  are  his  occupa- 
tion and  delight.  In  April,  1905,  began  the  twenty-ninth 
year  of  his  pastorate  at  Geneseo.     He  writes: 

I  am  not  becoming  a  bit  pessimistic  as  the  years  roll  on.  I  am 
sound  in  the  faith  that  the  brightest  and  best  of  the  Master's  grace 
is  ahead,  and  that  life  is  well  worth  living  if  it  can  just  help  some  others 
to  live  it  well. 

He  married,  on  the  28th  of  June,  187 1,  at  Groveland,  N.  Y., 
Miss  Emma  McNair.  She  died,  June  21,  1898.  Their  children 
are: 

Robert  J.  Kittredge,  instructor  of  mathematics  and  physics 
at  Erie,  Pa. 

Charles  F.  Kittredge,  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at 
Knoxboro,  N.  Y. 

William  McNair  Kittredge,  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  at  Bayfield,  Wis. 

Mary  Emma  Kittredge,  wife  of  Rev.  Stanley  F.  Gutelius,  of 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

December  30,  1903,  he  married  Miss  Nettie  S.  Long,  of 
Geneseo. 

Marcus  Perrin  Knowlton,  son  of  Merrick  and  Fatima 
(Perrin)  Knowlton,  was  born  in  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  February 

3.  l839- 

He  fitted  for  college  at  Monson  (Mass. )  Academy  and 
entered  with  his  class.  After  graduation  he  was  principal  of 
the  Union  School  at  Norwalk,  Conn.,  for  six  months.  His 
engagement  as  teacher  was  interrupted  by  the  burning  of  the 
school  building,  and  he  went  to  Palmer,  Mass.,  and  began 
reading  law  in  the  office  of  James  G.  Allen.  Afterward  he 
removed  to  Springfield,  reading  law  with  John  Wells  and 
Augustus  L.  Soule,  both  of  whom  were  later  justices  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Massachusetts.  Late  in  1862  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar,  and  eight  years  later  he  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  the  United  States  Supreme  Court. 

Before  his  elevation  to  the  bench,  he  was  connected  with 
numerous  large  interests  and  served  in  various  official  capaci- 
ties.    In  1872  and  1873  he  was  president  of  the  Springfield 


132  Class  of  Sixty 

Common  Council.  In  1878  he  was  a  representative  from 
that  city  in  the  state  legislature,  where  he  served  on  the 
important  committees  of  the  judiciary,  the  liquor  law,  state 
detective  force,  and  constitutional  amendments.  In  1880 
and  1 88 1  he  was  a  state  senator.  During  this  time  he  was 
also  a  director  of  the  Springfield  &  New  London  Railroad 
Company,  a  director  of  the  City  National  Bank  of  Springfield, 
and  trustee  and  treasurer  of  the  city  hospital. 

He  was  appointed  a  justice  of  the  superior  court  in  August, 
1 88 1,  and  was  promoted  to  the  supreme  bench  in  1887.  In 
1902  he  was  appointed  chief  justice  of  this  court,  which 
office  he  now  holds.  In  1895,  ms  Alma  Mater  conferred  upon 
him  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.D.,  and  in  1900  the  same 
degree  was  received  from  Harvard. 

He  married,  in  Springfield,  July  18,  1867,  Sophia,  daughter 
of  William  and  Saba  A.  (Cushman)  Ritchie.  She  died 
February  18,  1886.  May  21,  1891,  he  married,  at  Portland, 
Me.,  Rose  M.,  daughter  of  Cyrus  K.  and  Susan  Ladd.  They 
have  two  children,  a  boy  and  a  girl. 

His  early  life  was  passed  upon  the  farm  and  in  the  district 
school.  Hard  work  and  plenty  of  it,  with  close  application 
to  the  duties  nearest  at  hand,  have  been  and  are  some  of  his 
characteristics.  . 

Following  is  some  account  of  the  reception  tendered  to 
Knowlton  by  the  bar  of  his  native  county  to  congratulate  him 
upon  his  accession  to  the  highest  judicial  honors  in  the  state. 
Only  brief  extracts  from  the  speeches  on  that  occasion  are 
here  quoted.  The  Boston  bar  gave  him  a  similar  reception 
March  13,  1903,  which  was  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
enthusiastic  gatherings  of  its  kind  ever  held  in  this  Common- 
wealth : 

From  the  Springfield  Republican,  February  5,  1903: 

One  of  the  most  memorable  events  in  the  history  of  the  Hampden 
County  bar  was  the  banquet  tendered  by  its  members  last  evening  to 
Marcus  P.  Knowlton,  in  honor  of  his  elevation  to  the  chief  justice- 
ship of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  the  Commonwealth.  Not  since 
the  new  court  house  was  dedicated,  more  than  thirty  years  ago,  has 
there  been  such  an  assemblage  of  the  members  of  the  bar  in  this 
city,  and  it  is  doubtful  if  there  was  ever  so  large  a  gathering  of  the 
members  of  the  legal  profession  here.  The  company  was  honored 
with  the  presence  also  of  Chief  Justice  Albert  Mason,  of  Brookline, 
whom  it  made  a  guest  with  Judge  Knowlton,  as  well  as  Judge  Henry 


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K.  Braleyof  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court,  and  Judge  Elisha  B.  Maynard 
of  the  Superior  Court.  Judge  William  C.  Waite  of  the  Superior  Court 
was  also  to  have  been  a  guest,  but  court  duties  detained  him  at  the 
last  moment.  Charles  L.  Gardner,  president  of  the  Hampden  County 
Bar  Association,  presided  over  the  after-dinner  exercises,  and  Edward 
H.  Lathrop  performed  the  duties  of  toastmaster.  Marshall  Wilcox 
the  oldest  lawyer  in  Berkshire  County,  spoke  for  that  county,  former 
District  Attorney  John  C.  Hammond,  of  Northampton,  spoke  for 
Hampshire  County,  and  District  Attorney  Dana  Malone,  of  Green- 
field, spoke  for  the  Franklin  County  Bar,  each  bringing  words  of 
congratulation  to  the  new  chief  justice.  Milton  B.  Whitney,  of 
Westfield,  was  to  have  spoken  for  Hampden  County,  but  illness 
prevented  him  from  attending,  and  William  W.  McClench,  of  this  city, 
spoke  in  his  place.  Chief  Justice  Albert  Mason  spoke  as  the  repre- 
sentative of  the  Superior  Court,  and  a  characteristic  able  response 
was  made  by  Chief  Justice  Knowlton. 

When  the  banquet  was  over  and  cigars  were  lighted,  Charles  L. 
Gardner,  president  of  the  Hampden  County  Bar  Association,  arose 
and  was  greeted  with  hearty  applause.  Mr.  Gardner  said  that  there 
were  obvious  reasons  why  the  opportunity  for  this  gathering /should 
be  especially  gratifying  to  the  bar  of  Hampden  County.  "  It  is  on 
an  occasion  like  this,  and  in  a  manner  like  this,  that  we  can  most 
fittingly  express  by  our  presence  and  by  speech  our  recognition  of 
the  success  of  one  of  our  members.  Many  of  us  recall  the  last  bar 
dinner  which  was  honored  by  the  presence  of  the  judges  of  our  courts, 
and  we  recognize  the  changes  which  time  has  made  upon  the  members 
of  the  Hampden  County  bar.  Among  the  members  at  that  time 
there  was  one  about  whose  success  there  was  never  any  question. 
He  became  eminent  in  his  profession  almost  at  the  outset  of  his 
career.  His  early  attainments  procured  him  promotion  to  the  bench, 
followed  later  by  his  advancement  to  the  highest  court  of  the  Common- 
wealth. And  now  he  has  become  chief  justice  of  that  judicial  body, 
the  highest  judicial  honor  possible  for  the  state  to  confer  upon  any 
man.  We  have  with  us  to-night  members  of  our  profession  from 
other  counties,  from  whom  we  shall  expect  speeches.  It  gives  me 
great  pleasure  to  present  Brother  Lathrop,  who  has  kindly  consented 
to  act  as  the  toastmaster  on  this  occasion." 

Mr.  Lathrop  was  greeted  with  long  applause.  He  said  that, 
contrary  to  his  usual  custom,  he  should  exercise  the  virtue  of  repres- 
sion and  speak  but  briefly.  "  Let  me  say,"  he  said,  "  that  this  occasion 
was  born  out  of  the  earnest  and  heartfelt  desire  of  the  members  of 
our  bar  as  giving  us  an  opportunity  of  recognizing  the  honor  which 
has  been  done  one  of  our  members.  The  embarrassment  of  the  occa- 
sion is  speech  —  in  his  presence." 

Hon.  Dana  Malone,  now  attorney -general  of  the  state: 

It  is  a  good  thing  to  be  well  thought  of  in  one's  own  city;  it  is  a 
good  thing  to  be  well  thought  of  in  one's  county;  it  is  a  good  thing 
to  be  well  thought  of  in  the  four  western  counties;  but  it  is  better 


134  Class  of  Sixty 

to  be  so  well  thought  of  in  the  whole  Commonwealth  that  when  a 
vacancy  occurred  in  the  chief  justiceship  of  her  highest  court,  the 
only  name  considered  for  that  position  was  that  of  our  guest.  And 
when  in  after  years  the  roll  of  Massachusetts'  most  illustrious  names 
shall  be  called,  none  will  show  a  purer,  higher,  and  more  useful  record 
than  that  of  Chief  Justice  Marcus  P.  Knowlton. 

From  Chief  Justice  Albert  Mason's  address: 

Mr.  President  and  Brethren  of  the  Hampden  Bar,  —  I  do  not  come 
here  to-night  to  tell  you  of  the  sterling  worth  of  the  distinguished 
guest  of  the  evening,  your  friend  and  neighbor,  but  to  rejoice  with  you 
that  he  has  come  to  his  true  place  at  the  head  of  the  judiciary  of  the 
Commonwealth.  If  I  may  not  share  directly  your  local  pride  in  his 
advancement,  I  heartily  sympathize  with  it.  I  do  claim  for  myself 
and  for  the  justices  of  the  Superior  Court,  so  far  as  I  may  presume 
to  speak  for  them,  to  share  your  satisfaction  as  his  personal  friends, 
that  this  well-earned  honor  has  come  to  him.  To  no  one  in  the 
Commonwealth  is  the  promotion  of  Judge  Knowlton  to  be  chief  justice 
of  Massachusetts  more  gratifying  than  to  his  friends  of  the  Superior 
Court. 

The  distinguished  guest  whom  we  honor  to-night,  through  all  his 
professional  and  public  life,  with  increasing  singleness  of  purpose, 
has  given  first  thought  to  the  service  which  he  could  render,  and  now 
that  the  Commonwealth  has  accorded  to  him  the  highest  professional 
honor  which  it  can  confer,  I  am  sure  that  he  values  more  than  all  else 
the  opportunity  which  it  opens  to  him  for  further  and  higher  service. 
Long  may  he  be  spared  to  serve  in  the  great  office  to  which  he  is  called. 

Orlando  Leach,  son  of  Simeon  and  Parne  (Ford)  Leach, 
was  born  in  East  Stoughton,  now  Avon,  Mass.,  February  4, 

1834. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  at  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
Meriden,  N.  H.  After  graduating  from  college  he  studied  law 
in  the  office  of  Judge  Whittemore,  of  Sandwich,  Mass.,  until 
April,  1 86 1,  when  he  accepted  United  States  government 
employment  in  Boston,  devoting  all  the  time  possible  to 
continued  legal  study.  In  the  summer  of  1862  he  devoted 
considerable  time  to  the  enlistment  of  troops  for  the  Civil 
War,  and  received  a  commission  as  captain.  In  October, 
1863,  ne  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Boston.  In  March,  1864, 
he  was  detailed  in  the  United  States  government  civil  service 
to  some  duties  among  the  sea  islands  of  South  Carolina. 
While  there  he  had  the  pleasure  of  serving  as  a  volunteer 
private  soldier  for  some  weeks,  in  company  with  many  other 


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civilians  temporarily  employed  in  that  section.  There  and 
at  Savannah,  Ga.,  he  also  embarked  in  some  private  business, 
which  proved  to  be  unprofitable. 

After  his  return  to  the  North,  in  the  spring  of  1866,  he  made 
an  engagement  with  a  Boston  school-book  publishing  house. 
A  year  later  he  went  to  New  York  City  and  established  a 
branch  of  the  business  in  that  city.  In  June,  1883,  he  became 
the  head  of  the  firm  and  developed  and  extended  the  business 
especially  in  the  direction  of  high-school  and  college  text- 
books. 

In  addition  to  the  business  side  of  a  publisher's  life  a  good 
deal  of  editorial  work  fell  to  his  lot.  He  prepared  one  text- 
book, "  State  and  Local  Government  of  New  York,"  to  be 
used  in  connection  with  a  more  extended  work  on  the  civil 
government  of  the  United  States,  of  which  he  was  the  author, 
in  part. 

In  January,  1899,  he  retired  from  business,  and  in  June, 
following,  removed  his  residence  to  his  native  town.  Here 
he  has  been  engaged  in  usual  rural  pursuits,  including  the 
cultivation  of  the  proverbial  two  blades  of  grass.  Here, 
also,  he  has  been  in  request  to  hold  various  town  and  church 
offices,  and  as  delegate  to  church  and  political  conventions. 
If  he  has  any  hobby,  it  is  for  trees,  shrubbery,  and  garden. 

He  married,  June  3,  1863,  Josephine  Langdon,  daughter 
of  James  F.  Langdon,  Esq.,  of  Plymouth,  N.  H.  She  died 
in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  September  4,  1884.  June  6,  1888,  he 
married,  in  New  York  City,  Martha  Brewster,  daughter  of 
the  late  Marshall  Brewster,  of  Northampton,  Mass.,  who  died 
at  Avon,  November  30,  1901.  No  children  from  either 
marriage. 

Alba  Levi  Parsons  Loomis,  son  of  Albemarle  and  Sarah  H. 
Loomis,  was  born  in  Coventry,  Conn.,  August  2,  1836. 

He  studied  theology  at  East  Windsor  one  year,  and  two  at 
Andover,  after  graduation.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in 
January,  1863,  and  began  at  East  Coventry.  Afterward  he 
preached  for  a  few  weeks  at  Wentworth,  N.  H.,  and  went  to 
Chicago  in  January,  1864.  For  eight  months  he  labored  as 
missionary  in  the  Railroad  and  the  Foster  Mission  schools, 
connected  with  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  that  city, 
and  in  January,  1865,  accepted  a  call  to  a  church  of  the  same 


136  Class  of  Sixty 

denomination  in  Columbus,  Wis.,  where  he  was  ordained  the 
following  August.  In  1866,  he  went  to  a  Congregational 
church  in  Fort  Atkinson,  Wis.,  and  two  years  later  to  Elk- 
horn  in  the  same  state. 

During  the  years  1871-72,  he  was  pastor  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  in  Downer's  Grove,  111.,  near  Chicago,  and 
there  he  helped  in  the  care  of  the  sufferers  from  the  great 
Chicago  fire.  The  most  of  the  year  1873  was  spent  in  a 
journey  through  Europe,  Egypt,  and  the  Holy  Land.  After 
his  return  he  was  made  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church 
at  Mattoon,  111.,  where  he  remained  three  years,  and  where  he 
enjoyed  a  wonderful  revival  of  religion,  the  churches  of  the 
city  doubling  their  membership  within  a  year.  From  1876 
to  1 88 1,  he  ministered  to  the  church  in  Milton,  Wis.,  where 
again  there  was  a  great  revival.  Subsequent  pastorates  have 
been  : 

Rosendale,  Wis.,  1881-86;  Grand  Rapids,  Wis.,  1886-90; 
Plainview,  Minn.,   1890-1895;    Windsor,  Wis.,   1895-1901. 

In  the  latter  year,  he  removed  to  Rochester,  Wis.,  where 
he  is  still  laboring  in  the  ministry.  He  is  the  only  survivor 
among  those  who  were  preaching  in  the  state  when  he  went 
there  in  1864.  He  writes  that  he  and  Mrs.  Loomis,  who  has 
been  his  co-laborer  all  these  years,  both  feel  young,  and  that 
they  can  do  more  and  better  work  than  ever  before.  Wher- 
ever they  have  been  they  have  interested  themselves  largely 
in  literary  work  and  circles,  promoting  interest  in  education 
and  good  letters. 

He  married,  July  18,  1868,  Miss  Fannie  S.  Peck,  of  Fort 
Atkinson,  Wis.  They  have  had  four  children, —  two  sons  and 
two  daughters.  The  oldest  son,  Arthur,  graduated  in  engi- 
neering at  the  State  University  of  Wisconsin,  the  youngest 
son  has  finished  his  Freshman  year  at  Beloit  College.  The 
oldest  daughter  was  valedictorian  of  her  class  at  Carleton 
College,  Minnesota. 

*  William  McAlpin,  son  of  Andrew  and  Margaret  (Merrie ) 
McAlpin,  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  January  20,  1839, 
and  died  in  his  native  city,  June  2,  1899,  in  his  sixty-first  year. 

On  graduation  he  returned  to  Cincinnati  and  engaged  in 
business  in  connection  with  the  firm  of  McAlpin,  Hinman  & 
Co.,  cabinet  and  general  hardware  dealers.     He  became  a 


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member  of  the  firm  in  1863,  but  retired  in  1867,  after  a  period 
of  ill  health  resulting  from  too  close  confinement.  As  his 
strength  allowed  he  gave  himself  generously  in  subsequent 
years  to  public  and  philanthropic  work,  and  came  to  be 
regarded  as  one  of  the  foremost  citizens  of  Cincinnati  by  his 
activity  in  good  works. 

He  had  served  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  since  1864  in 
various  offices,  such  as  trustee,  deacon,  elder,  and  superintend- 
ent of  the  Sunday  school.  From  1874  he  gave  much  of  his 
time  to  the  work  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 
and  filled  the  office  of  president  from  1879  to  his  resignation 
in  1895.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  become  interested  in  the 
establishment  of  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Music,  and  was 
president  of  the  institution  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was 
also  a  trustee  of  the  University  of  Cincinnati  from  1892. 

On  the  death  of  his  mother,  in  1890,  he  took  up  an  active 
business  life  again,  as  secretary  of  the  George  McAlpin  Com- 
pany, a  large  dry  goods  firm,  but  was  obliged,  by  the  state  of 
his  health,  to  lay  down  his  work  in  1897.  He  died  suddenly 
of  pulmonary  hemorrhage  after  several  months  of  feebleness. 

He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Hon.  George  W.  C.  Johnston, 
of  Cincinnati,  who  survives  him  (1899)  with  two  sons  and 
two  daughters. 

*  Edward  DeCost  McKay,  son  of  Ferdinand  and  Angelina 
McKay,  was  born  in  Warsaw,  N.  Y.,  January  1,  1836,  and 
died  at  Southern  Pines,  N.  C,  January  31,  1899,  in  his  sixty- 
fourth  year. 

From  graduation  until  May,  1866,  he  was  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  boot  and  shoe  business  in  Hudson,  N.  Y.  He 
then  went  to  New  York  City,  and  by  his  boundless  energy 
achieved  a  striking  success  as  an  agent  of  the  New  York 
Life  Insurance  Company.  He  retired  from  that  business 
about  1880,  and,  after  a  course  of  study  at  Columbia  College, 
received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1882,  and  that  of  Ph.B.  in 
1883.     He  died  from  heart  disease  of  long  standing. 

He  married,  January  15,  1861,  Susan  E.  White,  of  Worces- 
ter, Mass.     One  son  and  one  daughter  survive  him. 

McKay's  later  years  were  darkened,  saddened,  and  even 
embittered,  by  business  losses,  lawsuits,  and  fruitless  efforts 
to  extricate  himself  from  pecuniary  entanglements  in  which 
he  became  involved. 


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*  Othniel  Charles  Marsh,  eldest  son  of  Caleb  and  Mary  G. 
(Peabody)  Marsh,  both  natives  of  Danvers,  Mass.,  was  born 
in  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  October  29,  1831,  and  died  in  New  Haven, 
March  18,  1899,  in  his  sixty -eighth  year. 

His  early  advantages  were  limited,  but  in  185 1  his  uncle, 
George  Peabody,  of  London,  offered  him  a  higher  education 
and  he  began  his  preparation  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover, 
Mass.  Before  he  entered  Yale,  his  scientific  bent  was  already 
manifest,  and  he  had  even  begun  in  a  modest  way  his  career 
as  an  explorer  and  discoverer. 

For  two  years  after  graduation  he  pursued  the  study  of 
natural  science  in  New  Haven,  at  the  Sheffield  School,  and 
then  spent  three  years  in  close  study  in  Germany.  In  the 
meantime  he  had  contributed  several  papers  to  the  American 
Journal  of  Science,  and  as  early  as  1863  his  ability  had  been 
recognized  by  his  election  as  a  fellow  of  the  Geological  Society 
of  London.  On  his  return  from  abroad,  he  was  elected,  in 
July,  1866,  professor  of  paleontology  in  Yale  College.  Three 
months  later,  his  uncle,  George  Peabody,  gave  to  the  college 
a  foundation,  on  terms  suggested  by  Marsh,  for  a  museum  of 
natural  history.  He  was  appointed  curator  of  the  Geologi- 
cal Collection  of  the  college  in  1867,  and  under  his  superin- 
tendence the  first  wing  of  the  museum  was  completed  in  1876. 

Beginning  in  1870  he  led  a  series  of  explorations  to  the 
West,  which  accumulated  a  vast  store  of  vertebrate  fossils, 
to  the  description  of  which  the  remainder  of  his  life  was 
mainly  devoted.  In  1882,  he  was  appointed  vertebrate  pale- 
ontologist of  the  United  States  Geological  Survey,  and  held 
this  office  with  his  professorship  until  his  death.  In  January, 
1898,  he  presented  his  valuable  collections  to  the  museum, 
and,  by  his  will,  left  the  university  the  main  part  of  his  estate. 

These  gifts  to  the  university  represent  an  outlay  of  over 
two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  the  labors  of  upwards 
of  thirty  years,  and  continuous  service  during  this  period 
without  salary. 

Condensed  from  American  Cyclopedia  of  Biography: 

In  his  expeditions,  and  in  others  under  his  direction,  he  discovered 
more  than  one  thousand  species  of  extinct  vertebrates,  many  of  which 
are  of  great  scientific  value,  representing  orders  wholly  new,  as  well  as 
others  not  known  in  this  country.  Descriptions  of  several  hundred 
of  these  were  published  by  him,  chiefly  in  the  Journal  of  Science. 


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Among  these  are  a  new  sub-class  of  birds  with  teeth  (pdontornithes), 
including  the  genera  hesperornis  and  ichthyornis  from  the  cretaceous 
strata  of  Kansas,  and  the  first  known  American  pterodactyls,  includ- 
ing a  new  order  (pteranodontia)  from  the  same  strata ;  two  new  orders 
of  large  mammals  from  the  eocene  tertiary  of  the  Rocky  Mountains; 
the  titlodontia,  related  to  the  carnivores,  ungulates,  and  rodents,  and 
the  dmocerata  of  elephantine  bulk,  and  bearing  upon  the  skulls 
two  or  more  pairs  of  horn-cones;  also  from  the  same  formation  in 
Nebraska  and  Wyoming,  eohippus,  orohippus,  and  epihippus,  the 
earliest  supposed  ancestors  of  the  horse,  having  three  and  four  toes, 
also  the  first  monkeys,  bats,  and  marsupials  found  in  North  America; 
from  the  miocene  of  Dakota  and  Nebraska  the  brontotheridce,  a  new 
family  of  great  ungulates;  from  the  later  cretacean  a  new  group  of 
gigantic  horned  dinosaurs,  the  ceratopsia,  and  many  rare  mammalian 
remains;  and  from  the  Jurassic  and  cretaceous  of  Wyoming,  the  first 
mammals  of  these  formations  found  in  America,  and  several  new 
families  of  dinosaurs,  probably  the  largest  land  animals  yet  discovered. 

He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  National  Academy  in 
1874,  and  was  president  of  that  body  from  1883  to  1895. 
He  received  the  honor  of  membership  in  numerous  learned 
societies,  at  home  and  abroad,  and  the  honorary  degree  of 
Ph.D.  from  Heidelberg  in  1886,  and  that  of  LL.D.  from 
Harvard  in  the  same  year.  The  Bigsby  medal  of  the  Geo- 
logical Society  of  London  was  awarded  him  in  1877,  and  the 
Cuvier  prize  of  the  Institut  de  France  (of  which  he  was  a 
corresponding  member)  in  1897.  His  publications  in  the 
form  of  contributions  to  scientific  journals  and  separate  mono- 
graphs are  voluminous  and  of  the  highest  importance.  Their 
titles  would  fill  many  pages.  His  health  had  been  impaired 
since  the  fall  of  1897,  and  a  cold  which  he  contracted  early 
in  March,  1899,  passed  into  pneumonia  from  which  he  died, 
at  his  residence  in  New  Haven.     He  was  never  married. 

From  the  New  York  Evening  Post,  December  2,  1905: 

A  collection  of  Central  American  antiquities,  the  value  of  which 
was  not  suspected,  has  just  been  brought  to  light  in  the  Peabody 
Museum,  and,  when  arranged,  will  be  put  on  exhibition  in  the  an- 
thropological department.  Beginning  as  early  as  i860,  A.  De  Zeltner, 
French  consul  at  Panama,  and  Mr.  J.  E.  McNeil,  for  many  years 
a  resident  of  Panama,  collected  in  that  province  antiquities  of  the 
Chiriqui  Indians,  who  ranked  next  in  culture  to  the  Aztecs  and  to 
the  Peruvians  under  the  Incas.  The  collections,  chiefly  secured  from 
prehistoric  graves,  were  brought  down  from  the  interior  on  horses, 
but,  as  the  result  shows,  with  only  slight  breakages.  The  late  Prof. 
O.  C.  Marsh  bought  the  collections  from  time  to  time  and  down  to 
the  year  1879,  storing  the  boxes  away  in  a  remote  part  of  the  museum 
building,  where  they  have  remained  unopened  for  twenty-six  years. 

The  collection,  now  for  the  first  time  disclosed,  is  said  to  be  by  far 


140  Class  of  Sixty 

the  largest  and  most  complete  gathering  of  the  kind  owned  by  any 
institution.  It  includes  more  than  five  thousand  separate  objects, 
chiefly  pottery  of  diversified  shapes  and  sizes,  some  handsomely 
colored  and  figured  and  singularly  symmetrical  in  shape;  and,  besides, 
come  fifty  objects  in  gold,  most  of  them  figurines,  amulets,  and  charms, 
together  with  a  few  copper  objects.  The  Panama  Chiriquis  left 
behind  no  large  monuments  such  as  are  found  in  other  parts  of  Central 
America.  The  collection,  when  arranged,  will  be  a  very  striking 
feature  of  the  anthropological  section  of  the  museum,  and  the  prices 
paid  by  Professor  Marsh  —  who  gave  all  his  collections  to  Yale  — 
indicate  that  it  has  large  money  value. 

Few,  if  any,  of  his  classmates  knew  Marsh  as  a  writer  of 
verses,  yet  here  is  an  amusing  skit  that  he  wrote  and  addressed 
to  Cady  Eaton  when  he  was  traveling  in  Greece  and  Egypt, 
and  was  writing  rather  bilious  accounts  of  his  travels  for 
publication  in  the  home  newspapers.  "  Periander  "  was  the 
name  under  which  Eaton  was  writing.  Marsh  was  so  well 
pleased  with  his  effort  that  he  had  the  verses  printed  for 
circulation  among  the  friends  of  both  parties. 

PERIANDER,  COME    HOME! 
To  Professor  D.  Cady  Eaton 
BY    A    CLASSMATE 

Come  home,  Periander,  come  home! 

Come  back  to  your  friends  on  the  hill ! 
We  have  read  of  your  troubles  in  Rome, 

And  grieve  at  your  faring  so  ill. 

When  you  left,  you  were  festive  and  gay, 

But  the  sea  made  you  gloomy  and  sad. 
Your  comrades  were  bores,  so  you  say, 

And  the  odors  on  shipboard  were  bad. 
Gibraltar,  it  seems,  did  not  please  you; 

Old  Cairo  itself  was  quite  vile; 
All  Egypt  you  felt  sure  would  tease  you, 

So  declined  that  fine  trip  up  the  Nile. 

Even  Greece  had  for  you  lost  its  charm; 

Its  temples  had  gone  to  decay; 
While  robbers  and  fleas  threatened  harm; 

How  you  suffered  by  night  and  by  day! 

Come  home,  Periander,  and  rest! 

Then  the  tale  of  your  travels  relate 
To  your  friends,  who  await  your  request 

To  tell  you  their  news  up  to  date. 
New  Haven,  March  30,  1895. 

Henry  Grimes  Marshall,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  A.  and 
Jerusha    (Grimes)    Marshall,   was   born   at   Milford,    Conn., 


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January  2,  1839.  He  engaged  in  teaching,  after  graduation, 
in  Stamford  and  Milford,  Conn.,  and  at  Newark,  N.  J.  In 
August,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Fifteenth  Connecticut  Regiment 
of  Volunteers,  and  the  same  month  went  to  the  front  and 
shared  the  fortunes  and  marches  of  this  regiment,  until 
January,  1864,  when  he  received  an  appointment  as  lieutenant 
in  the  Twenty -ninth  Connecticut  Regiment.  In  this  capacity 
he  went  to  Annapolis,  to  Beaufort,  S.  C,  and  to  City  Point, 
Va.,  where  he  was  detached  for  service  as  aide,  or  acting 
assistant  adjutant-general,  with  Generals  Birney,  Russell, 
and  Wild.  In  January,  1865,  he  was  promoted  captain,  and 
in  June  following  sailed  with  his  regiment  for  Brownsville, 
Texas,  where  he  remained,  serving  most  of  the  time  on  staff 
duty,  until  mustered  out  the  next  October. 

In  February,  1866,  he  entered  the  Yale  Theological  Semi- 
nary, but  in  the  fall  went  to  Andover,  where  he  graduated  in 
July,  1868.  The  next  December,  he  was  installed  as  pastor 
at  Avon,  Conn.,  where  he  remained  until  January  1,  1872. 
In  May  of  that  year  he  went  to  Charlemont,  Mass.,  where 
he  was  pastor  till  June,  1877.  He  went  at  once  to  Middle- 
bury,  Conn.,  where  he  preached  until  June,  1885,  going  from 
there  the  same  month  to  Cromwell,  Conn.,  where  he  had  a 
continuous  pastorate  for  nineteen  years.  In  October,  1904, 
he  went  to  Hampton,  the  home  of  Denison  (whose  picture 
hangs  upon  the  wall  of  his  chapel ),  and  he  is  now  ministering 
to  that  people.  He  writes  of  his  beautiful  location,  of  good 
health,  and  of  ability  to  walk  all  round  his  parish  of  six 
square  miles. 

He  married,  August  25,  1869,  Miss  Marrietta  Crosby,  of 
Danbury,  Conn.,  who  died  March  18,  1871,  leaving  one  son, 
William  Crosby,  six  months  old,  who  graduated  from  the 
Sheffield  Scientific  School  in  1890,  and  who  is  now  assistant 
professor  in  the  engineering  department.  December  29, 
1874,  he  married,  at  Charlemont,  Mass.,  Mrs.  Annette  L. 
(Emerson)  Barton.  They  have  one  son,  Samuel  Andrew, 
who  graduated  from  Yale  in  1898,  and  from  Johns  Hopkins 
Medical  School  in  1902. 

*William  Wisner  Martin,  son  of  Rev.  William  M.  Martin, 
was  born  at  Rah  way,  N.  J.,  December  18,  1837.  He  died  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  October  16,  1865. 


142  Class  of  Sixty 

After  graduation  he  spent  two  years  of  his  theological 
course  at  Andover,  and  the  third  year  at  Union  Seminary, 
New  York  City.  He  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist,  June  18, 
1863,  and  a  few  days  afterwards  sailed  for  California.  He 
preached  for  a  year  at  Sonora,  but  finding  the  work  too  hard, 
was  obliged  to  leave  for  rest.  Then  after  preaching  a  few 
months  in  San  Francisco,  he  was  called  to  San  Jose.  His 
health  gave  way  after  a  brief  effort  and  he  returned,  in 
August,  1865,  to  Brooklyn,  where  he  died. 

Prof.  B.  W.  Dwight,  of  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  wrote  of  him: 

His  characteristic  traits  were  clear,  discriminating  habits  of  thought, 
a  sturdy,  unflinching,  conscientious  will,  a  great  love  of  work,  high 
earnestness  of  character,  an  exceedingly  ingenuous,  frank,  and  genial 
disposition,  great  purity  of  motive,  an  ardent  desire  to  do  good  in 
every  form  and  at  all  times,  a  trustful  habit  of  mind  toward  others, 
and  a  temper  thoroughly  humane  and  thoroughly  religious.  He 
would  have  made  a  superior  teacher  had  he  chosen  that  high  profession, 
from  his  warm  appreciation  of  its  duties  and  privileges,  or  a  superior 
preacher  and  pastor. 

He  married,  in  1863,  Fanny  L.,  daughter  of  Crowell  Hadden, 
Esq.,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

*  Edward  Gay  Mason,  son  of  Roswell  and  Harriet  L.  (Hop- 
kins) Mason,  was  born  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  August  23, 
1839,  and  died  in  Chicago,  December  18,  1898,  in  his  sixtieth 
year. 

After  graduation  he  studied  law  with  H.  G.  Miller  in 
Chicago,  where  his  family  had  removed  in  185 1,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1863.  Endowed  with  superior  mental 
gifts  and  a  peculiar  personal  charm,  he  won  easily  a  distin- 
guished rank  in  his  profession;  but  by  preference  he  devoted 
himself  mainly  to  office  practice,  and  in  later  years,  in  partner- 
ship with  his  brother  (Yale  College,  1870),  gave  most  of  his 
attention  to  real  estate  business. 

He  was  an  active  spirit  in  all  that  concerned  the  higher 
intellectual  life  of  the  city,  and  rendered  especially  valuable 
service  to  the  community  as  president  of  the  Chicago  Histori- 
cal Society,  from  November,  1887,  to  his  death.  He  was 
elected  by  the  alumni  as  one  of  the  fellows  of  the  Yale  corpo- 
ration in  1891,  and  re-elected  without  opposition  in  1897. 
Knox  College,  Illinois,  gave  him  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.D. 
in  1895.     His  death  from  B right's  disease  was  sudden. 


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He  married,  December  25,  1867,  Julia  M.,  daughter  of 
Charles  Starkweather,  of  Chicago,  who  survives  him,  with 
their  children,  ten  sons  and  three  daughters.  Three  of  his 
sons  were  undergraduates  at  Yale  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
and  four  had  already  graduated. 

Concerning  the  historical  work  upon  which  he  had  been 
for  some  time  engaged,  The  Nation  said: 

"  Chapters  from  Illinois  History  "  (H.  S.  Stone  &  Co.)  represents  the 
chief  part  of  a  work  which  the  late  Edward  G.  Mason  was  preparing 
upon  the  annals  of  his  own  state.  While  it  must  be  regarded  as  a 
fragment,  it  covers  a  relatively  long  period,  and  would  have  formed 
the  bulk  of  the  book  which  was  projected  and  begun,  though  never 
finished.  Mr.  Mason,  who  showed  himself  an  eminent  man  in  more 
than  one  way,  had  a  great  fondness  for  the  study  of  records  relating 
to  Illinois,  and  we  must  regret  that  he  was  unable  to  complete  his 
labor  of  love.  What  he  has  left  is  well  studied,  excellently  written, 
and  filled  with  a  spirit  of  quiet  enthusiasm  which  one  always  delights 
to  encounter.  After  all,  he  succeeded  in  covering  the  best  as  well 
as  the  largest  part  of  his  field,  for  while  he  begins  with  the  Champlain 
map  of  1632,  he  reaches  the  Chicago  massacre  of  18 12.  Nearly  two 
thirds  of  the  space  is  devoted  to  "  The  Land  of  the  Illinois,"  a  general 
subject  under  which  discovery,  exploration,  occupation,  and  settle- 
ment are  treated  in  separate  chapters.  "  Illinois  in  the  Eighteenth 
Century  "  comes  next  in  point  of  prominence,  with  its  studies  of  old 
Fort  Chartres  and  Col.  John  Todd's  "  Record  Book."  Illinois  in  the 
Revolution,  the  march  of  the  Spanish  across  Illinois,  and  the  Chicago 
massacre  are  the  remaining  topics.  The  text  takes  the  form  of  a 
straightforward  narrative,  supplemented  by  bibliographical  notes, 
and  stripped  of  all  philosophical  observations  or  other  extraneous 
matter.  Mr.  Mason  seems  not  to  have  done  much  at  first  hand  (in 
the  archives  of  Paris,  for  instance),  but  for  one  who  looked  to  the 
broad  facts  already  ascertained  rather  than  to  the  smaller  details 
which  may  lurk  in  the  background,  he  shows  himself  extremely  well 
informed.  One  can  follow  his  reading  quite  easily  through  the  help 
afforded  by  numerous  references,  and  it  is  clear  that  he  had  mastered 
the  best  literature  relating  to  the  connection  between  the  Illinois 
country  and  New  France. 

*John  Moses  Morris,  son  of  Moses  and  Laura  W.  Morris, 
was  born  in  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  April  27,  1837,  and  died  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  of  consumption,  November  27,  1873,  aged 
thirty-six  and  a  half  years. 

After  graduation  he  went  upon  the  stump  in  New  York  and 
Pennsylvania.  In  November,  he  entered  the  Divinity  School 
at  Yale  and  remained  there  until  February,   1862.     On  the 


144  Class  of  Sixty 

twenty -fifth  of  the  following  April,  he  was  ordained  in  New 
Haven  as  an  evangelist  and  accepted  an  appointment  as 
chaplain  of  the  Eighth  Regiment  of  Connecticut  Volunteers. 
In  this  position,  which  he  occupied  until  September,  1863,  he 
shrank  from  no  service  or  exposure,  however  severe.  On  his 
resignation  he  returned  to  New  Haven,  and  conducted  the 
Connecticut  War  Record  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  then 
began  the  compilation  of  a  "  History  of  Connecticut  during 
the  Civil  War,"  which  was  completed  in  conjunction  with 
Mr.  W.  A.  Croffut,  and  was  published  in  1868.  In  the  mean- 
time he  became,  in  1865,  assistant  clerk  of  the  Connecticut 
House  of  Representatives,  and  in  1866,  clerk  of  the  same 
body.  In  1867,  he  was  clerk  of  the  state  senate,  and  at  the 
close  of  this  service  went  to  Washington  as  private  secretary 
to  Senator  Ferry.  In  October,  1868,  he  established  the 
Charleston  (S.  C. )  Weekly  Republican,  which  he  conducted 
two  years  as  editor,  it  becoming  a  daily  paper  after  August, 
1869.  In  March,  1869,  he  was  elected  executive  clerk  of  the 
secretary  of  the  United  States  Senate,  which  position  he  held 
until  his  death.  During  the  winter  of  1870-71  he  pur- 
chased the  Washington  Chronicle  and  continued  as  principal 
stockholder  and  editor-in-chief  until  June,  1872,  when  he 
withdrew  from  the  management  on  account  of  declining 
health,  dying  in  November,  1873. 

Morris  was  the  valedictorian  of  the  class  and  took  several 
college  honors  during  the  course. 

He  married,  December  31,  1863,  Miss  Augusta  R.  Griswold, 
of  Wethersfield,  Conn. 

Nathaniel  Norton,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Caroline  G.  (Call ) 
Norton,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  October  7,  1839. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  school  in  Brooklyn  of 
Dr.  Benjamin  Dwight,  having  as  classmates  there,  as  well 
as  in  college,  Eugene  L.  Richards,  William  Wisner  Martin, 
and  Louis  Leeds  Robbins.  In  the  fall  after  graduation,  he 
entered  Columbia  College  Law  School,  and  received  the 
degree  of  LL.B.  in  1863.  He  taught  for  a  time  in  Newark, 
N.  J.,  while  continuing  his  legal  studies.  In  July,  1862, 
he  was  admitted  to  practice,  but  he  afterwards  started  in 
mercantile  business  in  New  York  City,  joining  the  wholesale 
hat  house  of  Jehial  Read  &  Co.,  where  he  continued  until 


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about  1880.     For  a  time  after  this  he  was  engaged  in  publish- 
ing the  American  Business  Guide  until  1886,  when  he  went 
into  insurance  business  about  which  he  has  been  employed 
ever  since. 
He  writes: 

Since  the  last  biographical  publication  of  the  members  of  our  class 
in  which  my  modest  story  was  told,  there  has  been  nothing  outside 
of  purely  domestic  concerns  to  add.  I  lost  one  of  my  beloved  daugh- 
ters four  years  ago,  after  a  protracted  illness,  and  last  April  my  oldest 
son  was  married,  but  these  events  hardly  have  a  place  in  such  a  sketch. 
I  have  been  simply  a  private  soldier,  fighting  life's  battle  in  the  ranks, 
plodding  along  in  business  from  day  to  day,  finding  my  happiness  in 
the  home  and  social  life,  and  striving  with  God's  help  and  what  little 
strength  lay  in  me  to  make  the  world  a  bit  brighter  and  better  because 
I  was  in  it.  Holding  fast  to  many  of  the  dear  old-fashioned  ways  of 
thought  and  feeling,  and  yet  not  altogether  out  of  step  with  the  newer 
trend  and  tread  of  the  thousands  seeking  for  the  truth  regarding  life 
and  its  meaning  here  and  hereafter. 


The  Secretary  feels  sure  that  he  has  had  and  filled  accepta- 
bly various  positions  of  trust  and  honor,  but  his  powers  of 
persuasion  have  been  used  in  vain  in  trying  to  get  even  a  brief 
story  of  them. 

He  married,  September  27,  1865,  Miss  Emma  S.  Read,  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Their  children  are:  Nathaniel  R.  Norton, 
graduate  of  Yale  (Sheffield)  1891,  born  July  16,  1871;  Caro- 
line S.  Norton,  born  November  1,  1872,  Stella  K.  Norton, 
born  September  15,  1875,  died  January  20,  1900,  and  William 
S.  Norton,  born  June  5,  1877. 

♦Frederick  Callender  Ogden  was  born  in  Newport,  R.  I., 
May  21,  1839.     He  was  the  son  of  Edwin  Ogden,  Esq. 

Ogden  spent  a  year  in  Europe  after  graduation.  On  his 
return  he  entered  the  military  service  as  lieutenant  in  the 
regular  cavalry,  in  which  capacity  he  was  actively  engaged  at 
Fort  Leavenworth  under  General  Hunter,  in  Kentucky  and 
Tennessee  under  Generals  Buell  and  Rosecrans,  and  afterwards 
under  General  Stoneman  in  Virginia.  July  17,  1862,  he  was 
promoted  to  be  first  lieutenant.  He  participated  in  the 
battles  at  Corinth,  Miss.,  at  Tuscumbia  Creek,  Ala.,  and  in 
twenty-two  engagements  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.     He 


146  Class  of  Sixty 

was  serving  as  regimental  adjutant  when  he  was  killed  in 
action  at  Trevillian  Station,  Va.,  June  11,  1864.  His  age 
was  twenty-five  years. 

Charles  Hunter  Owen,  son  of  Elijah  Hunter  and  Susannah 
Boardman  Owen,  was  born  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  March  15, 
1838. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  in  the  public  high  school  of 
his  native  city,  which  had  been  combined  with  the  Hartford 
Hopkins  Grammar  School  dating  from  1638.  Among  his 
ancestors  were  the  first  settlers  of  the  Connecticut  towns 
of  Windsor,  East  Granby,  Wethersfield,  Otis,  Mass.,  and  the 
first  ministers  of  Boston.  For  a  year  after  graduation  he 
read  law  in  an  office  in  his  home  city,  and  then  went  to  the 
Law  School  at  Harvard,  where  he  took  the  degree  of  LL.B. 
in  January,  1863.  He  commenced  practice  in  Hartford,  but 
in  the  spring  of  1864  he  entered  the  military  service  as  first 
lieutenant  in  the  First  Connecticut  Heavy  Artillery.  He 
served  for  a  month  at  Fort  Ward  and  then  served  as  aide-de- 
camp with  Major-General  Tyler,  and  was  transferred  with 
him  to  Hancock's  command  (Fourth  Division,  Second  Army 
Corps )  and  was  in  the  battles  of  Spottsylvania  and  Cold 
Harbor.  In  this  last  engagement  he  was  so  badly  wounded 
that  he  later  received  his  discharge  from  the  service. 

He  was  breveted  captain  for  gallant  conduct  at  Spott- 
sylvania, and  major  for  conspicuous  gallantry  at  Cold  Harbor, 
where  he  was  severely,  and,  at  first,  thought  mortally, 
wounded. 

Since  his  army  experience  he  has  followed  the  profession 
of  law,  with  such  avocations  as  farming,  manufacturing, 
journalism,  and  politics.  In  farming  he  has  been  the  means 
of  introducing  highly  valued  foundation  Jersey  stock  in  a 
dozen  states.  In  journalism  he  has  published  articles  in  the 
New  Englander,  Yale  Review,  and  numerous  editorials  and 
book  reviews  in  these  and  other  publications.  He  led  the 
forces  that  reformed  the  state  board  of  education  and  put 
three  Yale  men  in  control.  He  was,  for  a  time,  member  of 
the  state  legislature  and  chairman  of  three  committees  in 
the  House.  During  the  time  of  the  state  constitutional 
convention  his  articles  in  the  newspapers  upon  constitutional 
law  and   international   policies  and  obligations  attracted  a 


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good  deal  of  attention  and  received  high  compliment.  He 
says  he  has  found  it  "  hard  work  fighting  men  and  aches  at 
the  same  time,  but  that  he  has  knocked  out  some  scoundrels, 
and  helped  knock  out  others."  At  present  he  is  literary 
editor  of  the  Hartford  Courant,  on  the  regular  staff. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Esther  S.  Dixwell,  of  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  October  18,  1866.     They  have  two  daughters. 

♦Alfred  Conrad  Palfrey,  son  of  William  T.  and  Sidney  A. 
(Conrad)  Palfrey,  was  born  in  Franklin,  La.,  March  20,  1839, 
and  died  at  New  Iberia,  La.,  June  18,  1879,  aged  forty  years. 

On  graduation  he  went  to  Charleston,  S.  C,  where  he  was 
married,  November  27,  i860,  to  Eliza  E.,  eldest  daughter  of 
James  Tupper,  Esq.,  master  in  equity  in  Charleston.  He 
was  the  confidential  assistant  of  his  father-in-law  in  his  busi- 
ness until  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War,  when  he  enlisted 
as  a  private  in  the  Charleston  Light  Dragoons,  afterward 
Company  K,  Fourth  South  Carolina  Cavalry.  He  was  with 
that  command  in  1864,  Butler's  Brigade,  Hampton's  Division. 
He  was  with  them  until  October,  1864,  when  he  was  appointed 
assistant  auditor  of  South  Carolina,  a  position  which  his 
failing  health  made  it  advisable  for  him  to  accept.  Soon 
after  the  close  of  the  war  he  resumed  his  duties  in  the  office 
of  master  of  equity,  and  remained  in  that  employment  until 
the  death  of  Mr.  Tupper,  in  1868.  His  wife  died  in  Charles- 
ton, May  2,  1866,  and  in  1874  he  removed  to  New  Orleans, 
La.  In  1876,  he  was  appointed  secretary  of  the  Sugar  Shed 
Association  of  that  city,  holding  this  position  until  his  death. 
He  died  of  pneumonia  after  a  painful  illness  of  three  months. 
One  son,  the  last  of  a  family  of  four  children,  survived  him. 

♦John  Russell  Parsons,  son  of  Col.  Edward  Parsons,  was 
born  in  Northampton,  Mass.,  August  24,  1838,  and  was 
drowned  at  Jackson,  Miss.,  March  3,  1869. 

After  graduation  he  remained  at  home  until  the  fall  of  1861, 
when  he  engaged  in  enlisting  troops  in  western  Massachusetts. 
He  was  made  a  lieutenant  in  the  Thirty-first  Massachusetts 
Volunteers  and  sent  to  the  Department  of  the  Gulf.  With  his 
regiment  he  was  there  transferred  to  the  First  Loyal  Regiment 
of  Louisiana  Volunteers,  as  captain.  He  was  subsequently 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  major  and  served  to  the  close  of  the 


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"war.  He  then  remained  in  the  South,  partly  engaged  in 
mercantile  pursuits,  and,  for  the  last  three  years  of  his  life, 
resided  at  Jackson,  Miss.  His  intention  on  graduating  was 
to  study  law,  but  the  needs  of  his  country  appeared  more 
pressing  and  continued  to  demand  his  time  and  energies. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  from  Hinds  County.  On  the  3d  of  March, 
a  friend  with  whom  he  had  passed  the  evening  parted  from 
him  at  a  short  distance  from  his  residence;  it  was  not  until 
a  week  later  that  his  body  was  found  in  the  river  near  by. 
An  official  investigation  developed  no  clew  to  the  identity 
of  the  assassin  nor  to  the  motive  that  prompted  the  deed. 

William  Pennington,  son  of  Aaron  S.  and  Catharine  C. 
Pennington,  was  born  in  Paterson,  N.  J.,  August  27,  1839. 

He  entered  college  at  the  beginning  of  Junior  year,  and 
after  graduating  at  once  began  the  study  of  law  at  the  Colum- 
bia College  Law  School,  graduating  thence  in  the  spring  of 
1863.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  his  native  city.     He  says: 

My  biography  is  simple:  I  have  never  married.  I  am  a  lawyer 
practicing  in  Paterson,  N.  J.,  where  I  was  born  and  have  always  lived. 
I  really  do  not  know  of  any  fact  worth  mentioning  except  those. 
My  biography  might  as  well  be  of  a  piece  of  protoplasm,  without 
differentiation  into  visible  organs,  —  no  events,  no  offices,  nothing  to 
specify,  nothing  to  mention. 

A  fellow  townsman  says: 

In  later  years  his  home  has  been  in  a  picturesque  spot  on  the  banks 
of  the  Passaic  River,  some  distance  above  the  falls  of  the  same  name. 
He  has  always  been  fond  of  pedestrian  exercise, —  never  rides  when 
he  can  walk, —  and  he  may  be  daily  seen,  satchel  on  arm  and  robust 
walking  stick  in  hand,  walking  with  vigorous  stride  the  miles  that 
lie  between  his  suburban  estate  and  his  law  office. 

He  has  never  had  a  taste  for  public  life  or  a  desire  for  official  position, 
though  his  engaging  manner,  character,  and  ability  would  have  often 
made  him  their  choice  for  offices  within  the  gift  of  his  fellow  citizens 
had  he  been  inclined  toward  such  preferment.  Being  a  man  of 
exceptional  literary  tastes,  he  spends  much  of  his  time  in  literary 
recreation. 

*  George  D wight  Phelps,  son  of  George  D.  Phelps,  was  born 
in  New  York  City,  August  8,  1839,  and  died  June  22,  1883. 
Phelps  set  out  for  Europe  shortly  before  Commencement, 


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in  i860,  and  did  not  return  until  September  of  the  following 
year.  He  began  the  study  of  law  in  New  York  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1863.  He  then  opened  an  office  in 
Wall  Street,  but  did  little  or  no  professional  business,  though 
his  residence  continued  in  New  York.  He  was  found  in  a 
dying  condition  in  Vesey  Street,  near  Broadway,  at  an  early 
hour  of  the  morning  in  June  22,  1883,  and  expired  soon  after. 
His  skull  had  been  fractured,  it  is  supposed  by  a  fall  on  the 
sidewalk  or  in  the  street.  A  post-mortem  examination  showed 
that  his  brain  had  been  for  some  time  seriously  diseased.  He 
was  unmarried. 

♦William  Walter  Phelps,  son  of  John  Jay  and  Rachel  B. 
(Phinney)  Phelps,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  August  24, 
1839,  and  died  at  Englewood,  N.  J.,  June  17,  1894,  in  his 
fifty-fifth  year. 

He  entered  college  in  1855,  but  left  in  March,  1857,  on 
account  of  his  health;  in  the  fall  of  1858,  he  joined  our  class. 
He  was  married  on  the  evening  of  Commencement  Day, 
July  26,  i860,  to  Miss  Ellen  Sheffield,  daughter  of  Joseph  E. 
Sheffield,  Esq.,  of  New  Haven,  and  sailed  at  once  for  Europe, 
returning  in  the  spring  of  1862.  He  then  entered  the  Law 
School  of  Columbia  College,  where  he  was  graduated  with 
high  honor  in  May,  1863.  He  practiced  law  with  eminent 
success  in  New  York  City,  until  the  death  of  his  father  in 
May,  1869,  obliged  him  to  relinquish  general  practice  in  order 
to  devote  himself  to  the  management  of  the  family  estates  and 
other  private  trusts.  Soon  after  this,  having  removed  his 
residence  to  Englewood,  N.  J.,  he  became  prominent  in  politi- 
cal affairs  in  that  state,  and,  in  1872,  was  elected  by  a  large 
majority  to  the  Forty-third  Congress  as  a  Republican.  In 
his  brief  term  of  service  he  made  a  national  reputation  as  a 
brilliant  debater.  He  was  again  the  nominee  of  his  party  in 
1874,  but  was  defeated  by  seven  votes.  In  May,  1881,  he 
was  appointed  by  President  Garfield  minister  to  Austria,  but 
he  resigned  his  post  in  the  summer  of  1882.  The  same  year 
he  was  re-elected  to  Congress,  as  also  in  1884  and  1886.  In 
June,  1889,  President  Harrison  appointed  him  as  minister 
to  Germany,  where  he  represented  his  government  with  dis- 
tinction for  four  years.  On  his  return  to  America,  in  June, 
1893,  he  accepted  an  appointment  as  lay  judge  of  the  Court 


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of  Errors  and  Appeals  of  New  Jersey,  and  devoted  himself 
laboriously  to  his  duties  in  this  relation,  until  his  last  illness. 
He  died  at  his  home  near  Englewood,  of  quick  consumption. 
His  wife  survives  him,  with  their  three  children,  two  sons 
(Yale  College,  1883  and  1886,  respectively  )  and  one  daughter. 

He  was  a  warm  friend  of  the  college  and  was  included  in 
the  original  election  of  trustees  by  the  alumni  in  1872.  He 
retained  this  office  until  he  refused  a  renomination  in  1892. 
The  degree  of  LL.D.  was  conferred  on  him  by  the  corporation 
in  June,  1890,  as  it  had  already  been  by  Rutgers  College  in 
October,  1889.  He  had  made  liberal  gifts  at  various  times  to 
the  Sheffield  Scientific  School,  the  Medical  and  Law  schools, 
and  other  university  interests,  and,  as  the  trustee  of  a  large 
bequest  from  his  father,  as  well  as  by  his  own  gifts,  had  been 
a  very  helpful  friend  to  the  university. 

Correspondence  of  New  York  Tribune: 

Mr.  Phelps  in  Berlin 
his  legation,  his  diplomatic  services,  his  personal  and  social 

successes 

Our  minister  to  Berlin  has  several  titles  to  respect  in  his  official 
capacity,  and  among  them  one  which  is,  so  far  as  I  know,  unique. 
He  has  housed  the  legation  comfortably  and  even  handsomely. 
This  ought  not  to  be  remarkable  or  exceptional,  still  less  unique,  but 
it  is.  Our  American  policy  in  such  matters  is  seldom  a  wise  one. 
Perhaps  it  is  not  a  policy;  perhaps  it  is  only  a  custom,  but,  whichever 
it  be,  it  is  a  mistake. 

Mr.  William  Walter  Phelps,  however,  has  established  the  American 
Legation  in  Berlin  in  an  apartment  which  does  no  discredit  to  him,  or 
to  the  government  he  represents.  It  is  in  a  good  street,  a  good  build- 
ing, on  the  first  floor,  with  a  suite  of  large,  airy,  well-decorated,  and 
elegantly  furnished  rooms. 

All  about  the  walls  of  the  central  room  hang  portraits  of  American 
presidents  and  of  American  ministers  to  Germany.  On  either  side  of 
the  minister's  desk  is  a  bust  of  Washington  and  a  bust  of  Frederick 
the  Great.  If  the  patriotic  American  wonders  why  they  are  thus 
bracketed  together,  he  has  only  to  recollect  that  Frederick  was  the 
first  European  sovereign  who  recognized  the  independence  of  the 
United  States.  He  may  remember,  also,  that  it  was  upon  this  prece- 
dent that  Prince  Bismarck,  as  he  himself  said  in  1886,  based  his  policy 
of  friendship  to  the  Union  during  the  Rebellion.  He  had  been  asked 
to  do  otherwise.  "  But  did  they  suppose  I  was  going  to  forget  Fred- 
erick, or  reverse  the  policy  of  good  will  to  America  which  ever  since 
his  time  had  prevailed?  " 

The  other  and  more  important  services  of  Mr.  Phelps  during  his 
mission  to  Berlin  are  better  known;   perhaps  so  well  known  that  it  is 


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superfluous  to  say  anything  more  about  them.  Still,  the  end  of  them 
all  has  come,  and  the  completion  of  a  career,  or  of  one  phase  of  a  career, 
is  a  good  time  for  taking  stock.  And  four  years  is  a  long  time.  The 
unassisted  human  memory  occupies  itself  in  these  hurried  days  with 
the  things  of  yesterday,  but  how  about  the  things  of  day  before  yes- 
terday? It  is  four  years  since  the  Samoan  Conference  took  place,  in 
May,  1889,  when  Mr.  Phelps  came  to  Berlin,  not  as  minister,  but, 
together  with  Messrs.  Kasson  and  Bates,  as  commissioner.  He  did 
his  share  of  that  work,  more  difficult  and  important  than  it  seemed,  — 
difficult  enough  and  important  enough  to  engage  a  good  deal  of  Prince 
Bismarck's  attention.  He  did  it  so  efficiently  and  wisely  as  to  earn 
the  name  of  the  peacemaker.  No  name  is  more  honorable  to  the  diplo- 
matist; it  is  the  final  testimony  to  his  capacity  and  his  success,  for 
peace  is  what  diplomacy  aims  at.  Anybody  can  quarrel;  to  compose 
a  quarrel,  and  to  adjust  conflicting  interests  and  appetites  in  a  stable 
and  honorable  way,  is  the  highest  triumph. 

What  happened  upon  the  conclusion  of  the  conference  is  known, 
but  may  be  told  once  more.  Mr.  Phelps  quitted  the  Foreign  Office  in 
Berlin  where  the  Samoan  Conference  had  been  held  during  May  and 
part  of  June,  carrying  a  little  yellow  traveling  bag,  which  contained 
the  treaty  that  had  just  been  signed.  He  drove  straight  to  the 
station,  caught  the  train  to  Bremen  and  the  North  German  Lloyd 
steamer  from  Bremen  to  New  York;  journeyed  on  by  the  first  train 
from  New  York  to  Washington,  and  presented  himself  and  his  treaty 
to  Mr.  Blaine,  who  took  him  to  the  President,  and  to  the  President 
the  treaty  was  handed  over.  For  once,  the  somewhat  frigid  individual- 
ity of  Mr.  Harrison  showed  itself  sympathetic.  Whether  he  asked 
Mr.  Phelps  to  sit  down  is  disputed.  He  was  himself  standing,  as 
his  habit  was,  at  the  corner  of  his  desk.  But  he  received  the  treaty, 
opened  a  drawer,  took  out  a  commission  as  minister  to  Germany, 
handed  it  to  Mr.  Blaine,  saying,  "You  won't  mind  signing  this"; 
and  then  delivered  the  signed  commission  to  Mr.  Phelps,  with  the 
remark:    "  I  offer  you  this  because  you  have  earned  it." 

Mr.  Phelps  returned  to  Berlin,  this  time  as  minister,  in  September, 
and  presented  his  credentials  to  the  Emperor.  They  made  each  other 
speeches,  cordial  on  both  sides;  rather  longer  than  usual  on  the 
Emperor's  side,  —  which  were  duly  published  in  the  German  papers.  I 
would  tell  the  whole  story  of  the  publication  if  I  dared,  but  I  do  not 
wish  to  be  indiscreet  or  to  raise  an  international  question.  It  is 
enough  to  say  that  first  impressions  were  in  this  case  lasting.  The 
foothold  which  Mr.  Phelps  gained  he  kept,  and  both  at  court  and 
elsewhere  established  those  relations  of  confidence  and  personal  good 
will  without  which  the  most  skillful  diplomacy  has  but  half  a  chance. 
He  spent  no  small  part  of  his  ministerial  life  in  endeavoring  to  secure 
the  reintroduction  into  Germany  of  American  pork.  It  is  a  topic  of 
which  no  heroic  treatment  is  possible,  but  it  concerned  a  great  industry 
and  the  prosperity  of  many  Americans.  At  the  end  of  a  year  of 
diplomacy  the  prohibition  was  removed.  His  countrymen  who  deal 
in  this  commodity  need  not  be  the  less  grateful  to  their  representative 


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because  the  German  consumer  was  also  grateful.  It  was  one  of  the 
acts  which  helped  make  Mr.  Phelps  popular  in  both  countries;  and 
his  securing  the  admission  of  American  live  cattle  was  another. 

American  cereals  were  looked  after,  also,  and  there  is  a  curious 
tradition  in  Berlin  that  the  American  minister's  "  corn  dinners  "  to 
members  of  the  government  and  of  the  Reichstag  created  a  demand 
for  this  peculiarly  American  product.  It  is  even  on  record  that  he 
contributed  something  to  the  hilarity  of  nations,  or  of  the  German 
nation,  by  securing  the  admission  of  Colonel  the  Hon.  W.  F.  Cody's 
bucking  ponies  and  buffaloes.  Certain  it  is  that  the  six  hundred  — 
just  the  number  of  British  warriors  who  charged  at  Balaklava  — 
American  doctors  who  came  to  the  Medical  Congress  at  Berlin  found 
themselves  well  looked  after.  Many  other  American  compatriots 
could  say  the  same  thing,  whether  transient  or  resident. 

Mr.  Phelps  has  a  kindliness  of  nature  which  makes  this  burden  easy 
to  him,  and  his  circumstances  make  it  easy.  Berlin  is  pretty  full  of 
American  students  of  both  sexes  and  at  times  of  American  travelers. 
Both  will  remember  their  minister's  friendly  good  will,  though  few  of 
them  will  ever  understand  how  constant  was  the  call  upon  it,  and  no 
one  of  them  ever  realized  that  he  or  she  was  not  the  sole  beneficiary 
of  these  attentions. 

If  I  add  that  Mr.  Phelps  was  a  favorite  in  Berlin  society,  a  constant 
and  delightful  host,  and  ever  on  friendly  terms  with  the  two  Bismarcks, 
father  and  son,  and  yet  again  that  he  nevertheless  found  it  possible 
to  get  on  comfortably  with  the  Emperor  and  with  his  present  chan- 
cellor, I  shall  have  come  pretty  nearly  to  the  end  of  my  history. 
There  is,  at  any  rate,  among  the  best  people  of  Berlin  and  even  in  the 
German  press,  a  general  and  sincere  expression  of  regret  at  Mr.  Phelps's 
departure.  — George  W.  Smalley  (Yale,  1853). 

*  Isaac  Joseph  Post,  son  of  Rev.  Albert  L.  and  Eleanor  C. 
Post,  was  born  at  Montrose,  Pa.,  June  21,  1837,  and  died  at 
his  native  place,  July  10,  1885,  aged  forty-eight  years. 

After  graduation  he  studied  law  at  Montrose  in  the  office  of 
Hon.  William  Jessup  (Yale  College,  181 5  ),  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  January,  1862;  in  September  following,  he 
entered  the  army  and  served  one  year  with  honor.  He  then 
took  a  position  under  the  solicitor  of  the  treasury  at  Wash- 
ington. After  two  years'  service  he  resigned  this  position 
and  entered  into  partnership  with  Alfred  Hand  (Yale  College, 
1857  )  at  Scranton.  This  partnership  was  dissolved  in  con- 
sequence of  the  election  of  Mr.  Hand  to  a  judgeship  in  1879. 
He  continued  the  practice  of  law  alone  for  five  years,  during 
which  his  health  began  to  fail.  In  January,  1885,  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  William  H.  Jessup  (Yale  College,  1849  )• 

He  married  Eliza  Blake  Todd,  of  Paterson,  N.  J.,  June  23, 


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1868.  Two  sons  and  their  mother  survived  him.  He  was 
an  accurate  and  successful  lawyer,  retained  a  fondness  for 
scientific  investigation,  was  thoroughly  grounded  in  Christian 
principles,  kept  pace  with  the  religious  controversies  of  the  day, 
was  a  generous  friend  and  highly  esteemed  in  business  circles. 
He  visited  Europe  during  his  lingering  illness  of  three  years 
and  was  interested  in  affairs  up  to  a  few  days  before  his  death. 

*  George  Rice,  son  of  Martin  and  Betsey  (Gibbs  )  Rice,  was 
born  in  Natick,  Mass.,  September  28,  1837,  and  died  at  South 
Framingham,  April  18,  1905,  in  his  sixty -eighth  year. 

He  fitted  for  college  at  the  Framingham  High  School  and 
at  Exeter  (N.  H. )  Academy.  He  entered  college  the  second 
term  of  Junior  year,  having  previously  studied  in  the  Medical 
Department  for  about  two  years.  After  graduation  from 
college  he  continued  his  studies  in  the  Yale  Medical  School 
and  graduated  from  that  department  in  the  following  January. 
He  practiced  medicine  in  Framingham  for  about  three  years 
and  then  enlisted  in  the  Government  service.  He  was  hospital 
steward  in  the  surgeon-general's  office  at  Washington,  and 
later  was  appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United 
States  Army,  from  which  he  received  an  honorable  discharge 
in  1869. 

In  1872  he  established  a  pharmacy  in  South  Framingham, 
from  which  he  retired  a  few  years  ago.  He  was  a  member  of 
Grace  Congregational  Church,  and  for  a  number  of  years 
was  actively  connected  with  the  Sunday  school  of  that  church, 
serving  as  its  superintendent.  He  was  also  connected  with 
the  Grand  Army  post  and  served  in  an  official  capacity.  Up 
to  a  short  time  before  his  death,  he  had  been  engaged  in  writ- 
ing the  history  of  the  Framingham  volunteers  in  the  Civil 
War.  His  death  was  caused  by  apoplexy,  by  which  he  had 
been  attacked  before. 

He  was  noted  for  earnestness  and  hard  work  in  whatever 
he  undertook,  and  his  disposition  always  was  to  look  upon 
the  bright  side  of  things. 

He  married,  June  14,  187 1,  Miss  Almira  Emily  Appleton,  of 
Bentonsport,  la.  They  had  one  son,  Hugh  Belfield,  who, 
with  his  mother,  survives  him. 

Eugene  Lamb  Richards,  son  of  Timothy  Pickering  and  Agnes 


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Lamb  Richards,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  December  27, 
1838. 

Ill  health,  caused  by  a  boating  accident  during  Junior  year, 
required  much  of  his  attention  after  graduation  for  a  consid- 
erable period.  Gradually,  however,  the  attacks  of  paralysis 
occurred  with  less  -frequency,  and  he  was  able  to  resume 
work  to  a  limited  extent.  Even  as  late  as  September,  1870, 
he  sometimes  lost  the  use  of  his  legs  for  a  few  days  and  had 
to  resort  to  crutches. 

He  was  appointed  tutor  in  mathematics  in  Yale  in  May, 
1868,  to  fill  a  vacancy,  and  the  appointment  was  confirmed  at 
the  next  meeting  of  the  corporation.  In  1871,  he  was  made 
assistant  professor  of  mathematics,  and,  in  1891,  he  was 
made  full  professor.  In  1888-89  he  began  to  agitate  for  a 
new  gymnasium  and  went  to  alumni  meetings  galore  to 
speak  on  that  behalf;  finally,  he  interested  some  influential 
New  York  alumni  enough  to  persuade  them  to  form  a  com- 
mittee to  raise  funds.  They  raised  the  money,  bought  the 
land  on  which  to  build,  and  handed  over  the  hall  equipped 
and  paid  for  in  1892.  He  was  appointed  director,  his  asso- 
ciate directors  doing  the  work  which  was  laid  out  under  his 
supervision.  For  all  the  work  which  he  did  he  received  the 
immense  addition  of  one  hundred  dollars  to  his  salary.  After 
seeing  the  work  well  started  and  in  good  running  order,  he 
resigned  in  190 1.  At  the  time  he  was  on  this  committee  to 
raise  funds  and  form  plans,  he  was  doing  hard  college  work, 
having  two  optional  courses,  besides  his  regular  grind.  To 
meet  all  his  obligations  he  drew  so  much  upon  his  reserve 
strength  that  after  the  completion  of  the  gymnasium  he  was 
almost  a  wreck.  The  corporation  recognized  his  services  and 
his  need  of  rest  by  giving  him  a  year  off  in  1896-97,  and 
again  in  1902-03. 

He  has  published  two  books:  "  Plane  and  Spherical  Trigo- 
nometry with  Applications,"  in  1878-79,  and  "  Elementary 
Navigation  and  Nautical  Astronomy,"  in  1902.  He  has 
written  a  great  many  articles  for  the  magazines,  most  of 
them  going  to  the  Popular  Science  Monthly,  —  in  February  and 
March,  1884,  two  articles  on  "College  Athletics  ";  in  July, 
1886,  one  on  the  "  Influence  of  Exercise  on  Health";  in 
April,  1888,  one  on  "  College  Athletics  and  Physical  Develop- 
ment ";  in  October,  1894,  one  on  "  The  Football  Situation  "; 


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in  August,  1895,  u  The  Physical  Element  in  Education." 
The  New  Englander  published  an  article  of  his  in  July,  1883, 
upon  "  Elementary  Geometry."  The  Educational  Review  of 
January,  1892,  had  his  article  on  "  Old  and  New  Methods  in 
Geometry."  In  August,  1894,  his  "  Walking  as  a  Pastime  " 
appeared  in  the  Century.  Other  minor  articles  he  has  pub- 
lished in  various  periodicals. 

He  calls  himself  pretty  well,  and  says  that  if  he  can  get 
through  to  our  class  meeting  (June,  1905)  without  any  set- 
backs, he  ought  to  be  good  for  at  least  two  years  more  of 
work,  before,  by  a  rule  of  the  corporation,  he  is  shelved  as  an 
emeritus.  Later  he  has  asked  to  be  retired  from  active  service 
in  1906. 

The  men  of  '60  have  not  forgotten  how  Richards  was 
cheated  out  of  the  valedictory  by  the  above-mentioned  mis- 
hap, which  seriously  impaired  his  health  and  interrupted  his 
studies. 

He  was  married,  November  27,  1 861,  to  Miss  Julia  L.  Bacon, 
of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  they  have  had  four  children,  — 
two  sons  and  two  daughters.  The  oldest  son  graduated  from 
Yale  in  1885  and  is  a  lawyer  in  New  York  City.  The  younger 
son  graduated  in  1895  and  studied  and  practiced  medicine  in 
New  York  City,  until  he  had  to  give  up  and  go  South  for  his 
health.  The  elder  daughter  married  Prof.  James  Locke 
(Yale,  1890).  The  younger  daughter  is  living  in  Boston, 
Mass. 

Charles  Herbert  Richards,  born  in  Meriden,  N.  H.,  March 
18,  1839,  son  of  Cyrus  S.  Richards,  LL.D.,  and  Helen  Dorothy 
(Whiton)  Richards. 

His  father  was  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  (1835)  and  was 
for  thirty-six  years  principal  of  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
and  fourteen  years  dean  of  the  preparatory  department  of 
Howard  University,  Washington,  D.  C. 

He  fitted  for  college  at  the  academy  of  which  his  father  was 
principal,  and  first  went  to  Amherst,  but  entered  our  class 
at  the  beginning  of  Junior  year.  After  graduating  in  i860 
from  Yale,  he  taught  more  than  two  years  in  Kimball  Union 
Academy.  He  was  for  six  months  in  the  "  Christian  Com- 
mission "  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  He  studied  the- 
ology two  years  in  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York 


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City,  during  which  time  he  also  taught  in  private  schools. 
His  last  year  in  the  seminary  he  took  at  Andover  Theological 
Seminary,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1865. 

Declining  two  good  offers  to  settle  in  Massachusetts,  he 
went  West,  and  was  pastor  of  a  Congregational  church  in 
Kokomo,  Ind.,  1866-67.  Here  he  was  ordained  and  dedi- 
cated a  pretty  church. 

In  March,  1867,  he  began  service  as  pastor  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church  in  Madison,  Wis.,  where  he  continued 
for  twenty-three  years.  Here  he  led  the  people  in  building 
a  fine  stone  church,  and  the  membership  greatly  increased. 
He  engaged  considerably  in  lecturing  through  the  Northwest ; 
was  chaplain  in  the  legislature,  and  in  the  state  hospital; 
was  conductor  of  the  Monona  Lake  Assembly  (the  Wisconsin 
Chautauqua)  for  a  time;  was  trustee  of  Downer  College; 
and  president  of  the  Wisconsin  Home  Missionary  Society; 
and  rendered  other  public  service.  The  state  university 
being  located  here,  a  large  number  of  the  faculty  and  students 
were  in  his  congregation. 

In  February,  1890,  having  accepted  a  call  to  Central  Con- 
gregational Church,  Philadelphia,  he  removed  to  the  "  Quaker 
City,"  and  continued  as  pastor  of  that  church  for  thirteen 
years.  While  here  he  was  president  of  the  Evangelical 
Alliance  of  Pennsylvania ;  vice-president  of  the  New  England 
Society  of  Philadelphia,  and  held  other  official  positions. 
He  was  also  increasingly  brought  into  active  participation 
in  the  national  work  of  the  missionary  and  benevolent  societies 
of  this  denomination. 

By  an  unexpected  election  he  became  secretary  of  the 
Congregational  Church-Building  Society  in  March,  1903. 
This  aids  in  building,  on  an  average,  about  two  churches  and 
one  parsonage  each  week,  and  its  work  is  in  fifty  states  and 
territories. 

He  received  in  1882  the  degree  of  D.D.  from  Beloit  College, 
"  the  Yale  of  the  West." 

He  published,  in  1871,  "  Will  Phillips  "  (a  book  for  boys); 
in  1880,  "  Songs  of  Christian  Praise  "  (a  hymn  and  tune 
book)  and  "  Scriptural  Selections  for  Responsive  Reading  "; 
and,  in  1883,  "  Songs  of  Prayer  and  Praise  "  (a  hymn  and 
tune  book).  A  volume  of  his  sermons  was  also  printed  by 
a   friend,    entitled    "  Sunday    Mornings   with    Our    Pastor." 


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He  has  also  published  various  pamphlets  and  magazine 
articles. 

He  was  married,  November  18,  1868,  in  Charles  City,  la., 
to  Marie  M.  Miner,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Absalom  Miner. 
They  have  had  six  children:  Paul  Stanley,  Charles  Miner, 
Helen  Dorothy,  Marie  Louise,  Mildred  Whiton,  and  Gladys 
Lyman;  four  are  living,  Charles  and  Mildred  having  died  in 
early  childhood. 

His  address  is  Congregational  Church-Building  Society, 
105  East  Twenty -second  Street,  New  York.  His  home  is  at 
35  Hillside  Avenue,  Montclair,  N.  J. 

♦Jacob  Wadsworth  Russell,  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary  H. 
Russell,  was  born  in  Chicago,  111.,  December  22,  1839,  and 
died  in  that  city,  May  29,  1875,  aged  thirty -five  and  a  half 
years. 

After  one  year's  study  of  law  in  his  native  city,  he  entered 
the  military  service  as  an  attache'  of  the  paymaster's  depart- 
ment and  served  until  1863,  when  he  resigned  and  engaged  in 
oil  speculations  and  banking.  From  1867  until  his  death  he 
was  secretary  of  the  Chicago  board  of  health,  and  was  esteemed 
as  a  faithful  and  efficient  public  officer.  The  cause  of  his 
death  was  a  sudden  attack  of  pleuro-pneumonia. 

*  James  Henry  Schneider  was  born  at  Broosa,  Turkey, 
March  14,  1839.  He  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Dr.  Benjamin  and 
Susan  M.  Schneider,  missionaries  of  the  American  Board  of 
Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions  at  Aintab,  Syria. 

During  the  first  three  years  after  his  graduation,  Schneider 
was  a  teacher  in  the  State  Normal  School  at  Bridgewater, 
Mass.  He  often  felt  called  upon  to  offer  his  services  to  his 
country  after  the  Civil  War  began,  and,  when  at  length  he 
was  drafted,  he  waited  no  longer,  but  reported  at  once  for  duty. 
He  presently  received  the  appointment  of  lieutenant  in  the 
Second  Regiment  of  United  States  Colored  Troops  and  was 
afterward  chosen  chaplain  of  the  regiment,  being  ordained 
at  Bridgewater,  October  27,  1863.  He  was  stationed  at  Ship 
Island  and  then  at  Key  West.  After  a  short  illness  he  became 
a  prey  to  yellow  fever  and  died,  April  25,  1864,  aged  twenty- 
five  years. 

In  determining  from  the  purest  love  of  his  country  to  enter 


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the  military  service  he  declined  an  appointment  as  tutor  in 
Yale,  and  postponed  indefinitely  direct  preparation  for  the 
work  of  a  foreign  missionary  on  which  his  choice  was  fixed. 
Kingsbury  wrote  of  him: 

He  showed  himself  admirably  adapted  to  the  functions  he  had  to 
discharge.  He  not  only  ministered  to  the  spiritual  wants  of  the  men, 
being  instant  in  season  and  out  of  season,  but  he  also  did  much  for 
their  education  and  general  improvement.  He  taught  classes  in  the 
rudiments  of  learning,  held  a  lyceum,  and  frequent  prayer-meetings, 
had  regular  Sunday  preaching,  ministered  to  the  sick  and  dying,  and 
buried  the  dead. 

And  so  all  his  plans,  —  of  completed  study,  of  union  to  the  woman 
he  loved,  of  life-long  labor  for  Christ  as  a  missionary  to  his  native 
land,  —  all  his  plans  were  ended,  and  he  had  entered  into  rest,  and  yet 
those  four  years  of  earnest  labor,  have  they  not  been  worth  more  to 
the  world  than  the  ten  that  the  most  of  the  best  of  us  have  spent  since 
we  said  good  bye  under  these  elms?  Let  us  say  then,  as  we  pause  in 
our  festivity  for  a  moment  to  call  up  these  tender  recollections,  let  us 
say:  "  Thank  God  for  the  example  and  for  the  memory  of  James 
Henry  Schneider." 

*John  Frank  Seely  was  born  at  Ludlow,  Ohio,  October  1, 
1836,  and  died  at  Des  Moines,  la,  October  21,  1865,  aged 
twenty -nine  years.     He  was  the  son  of  John  H.  Seely. 

The  first  year  after  graduation  he  studied  law  at  Beverly, 
Ohio.  The  following  year  he  attended  lectures  in  the  Cincin- 
nati Law  School,  from  which  he  received  his  degree  in  the 
spring  of  1862.  He  removed  shortly  after  to  Des  Moines, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  until  his 
death. 

Park  wrote  of  him  at  our  Decennial: 

Many  may  not  realize  fully  the  extent  of  hope  and  promise  cut  off 
by  his  early  death.  Time,  growth,  and  new  responsibilities  materially 
changed  his  character  after  he  left  us.  The  impulsive  brightness  of 
his  youth  was  fast  developing  into  the  firm  energy  and  judgment  of 
the  man,  and  the  genial  temper  which  once  pleased  his  classmates, 
gathered  a  whole  community  about  him  in  its  later  and  stronger 
development.  As  a  citizen,  the  loss  of  his  influence  is  deeply  felt  in 
his  western  home,  nor  will  it  be  easy  to  replace  it.  It  is  not,  however, 
as  the  lawyer,  or  citizen,  but  as  the  Christian  man,  from  which  all 
other  right  relations  spring,  that  Seely  should  be  remembered.  While 
in  college  he  commenced  the  religious  life,  but  those  who  saw  only  its 
earlier  steps  did  not  realize  with  what  increasing  power  eternal  things 
would  take  possession  of  his  mind  during  each  one  of  the  few  remaining 


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years  to  be  allotted  to  him.  In  a  growing  western  city  the  influence 
of  one  decided  Christian  man  is  very  great.  Vice  is  there  bold  and 
determined,  and  religion  is  compelled  to  assume  the  same  attitude, 
and  amidst  a  population  so  forming  and  plastic,  the  influence  of  a 
marked  man  is  far  greater  than  it  can  be  in  a  staid  community.  Our 
classmate  saw  at  once  the  only  principle  that  could  build  up  the 
community  around  him;  he  gave  himself  with  all  his  heart  to  the 
work  of  religion  and  said:  "  This  one  thing  I  do."  No  sooner  had  he 
located  in  Des  Moines  than  he  connected  himself  with  the  Congrega- 
tional church  of  the  place,  and  became  the  cherished  friend  and  right- 
hand  man  of  the  pastor.  The  two  labored  side  by  side  to  mold  and 
form  the  community  around  them.  Some  advantages  for  religious 
work  our  friend  did  not  possess;  he  had  not  enjoyed  the  full  benefit 
of  early  religious  training,  and  he  found  some  Christian  duties  difficult, 
because  he  had  commenced  them  late.  To  take  part  in  religious  meet- 
ings he  found  at  first  severe  and  difficult,  but  perseverance  overcame 
the  obstacle  so  that  he  was  able  to  speak  with  freedom,  and  sometimes 
with  real  pathos  and  power.  In  the  Sunday  school  he  took  an  ardent 
interest,  and  was  superintendent  of  it  at  the  time  of  his  death.  The 
death  of  some  leaves  but  a  small  void  behind,  but  the  classmates  of 
our  friend  must  feel  a  peculiar  melancholy  in  viewing  the  departure 
of  one  who  wras  called  away  when  he  had  finished  so  many  years  of 
preparation,  and  had  just  approached  the  result.  His  mind  had  passed 
the  stage  of  growth,  and  commenced  that  of  action,  but  too  soon  was 
he  snatched  from  the  love  of  those  around  him,  from  hopes  that  can 
be  completed  only  in  another  world,  and  plans  wrhich  another  hand 
must  finish. 

September  8,  1863,  he  was  married  to  Eliza  M.,  daughter 
of  Eli  W.  Blake,  Esq.,  of  New  Haven.     They  had  one  child. 

Henry  Ward  Siglar  was  born  at  Seneca,  Ontario  County, 
N.  Y.,  October  11,  1833,  son  of  Samuel  Siglar. 

Immediately  after  graduation  Siglar  accepted  the  position 
of  principal  of  Staples  Free  Academy,  Easton,  Conn.,  in  which 
position  he  remained  from  September  20,  i860,  till  August, 
1863.  He  then  conducted  the  Fairfield  Family  School  for 
Boys  till  April,  1864,  when  he  removed  to  Newburgh,  N.  Y., 
and  established  the  Siglar  School,  a  preparatory  school  for 
boys. 

Although  Easton  is  but  nine  miles  from  Bridgeport,  there 
was  but  one  mail  a  week.  He  was,  therefore,  practically 
buried  during  the  exciting  times  of  i860  and  1861;  and  not 
till  the  fall  of  1862,  when  Connecticut  made  a  draft  for  nine- 
months  men  was  the  town  really  stirred.  So  many  of  the 
patriotic  citizens  found  themselves  unfit   for  military  duty 


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that  of  the  small  number  finally  subject  to  the  draft,  Siglar 
was  the  first  one  to  draw  a  prize.  Not  able  to  be  in  two 
places  at  once,  and  having  decided  that  duty  required  his 
presence  in  Copperhead  Easton,  he  paid  a  young  man  five 
hundred  dollars  to  take  his  place  in  the  army.  Through  some 
mistake  he  was  arrested  as  a  deserter,  while  his  substitute 
was  in  camp  near  New  Haven.  Having  set  this  matter  right, 
he  was  not  disturbed  till  the  United  States  enforced  a  draft 
in  August,  1863,  when  the  schoolmaster  was  again  drafted, 
but  fortunately  his  nine-months'  substitute  had  not  yet  been 
mustered  out,  and  Siglar  could  not  be  held,  though  in  conse- 
quence of  another  blunder,  he  was  again  posted  as  a  deserter 
in  January,  1864.  He  had  to  stand  another  draft  on  his 
removal  to  Newburgh. 

The  Siglar  School  was  opened  in  Newburgh  on  the  10th  of 
May,  1864,  and  from  a  small  beginning,  and  in  spite  of  many 
discouragements,  became  one  of  the  prominent  preparatory 
schools  of  the  country.  Over  a  hundred  Siglar  boys  have 
been  graduated  from  college,  fifty  of  them  from  Yale.  After 
over  a  third  of  a  century  in  the  schoolroom,  he  gave  up  the 
work  of  teaching  and  discontinued  the  school  in  the  spring  of 
1902. 

After  closing  his  school,  Siglar  removed  to  New  York  City 
and  engaged  in  a  variety  of  pursuits,  including  tutoring, 
advertisement  writing,  and  editorial  work. 

Since  January  last  he  has  been  employed  as  a  special  agent 
of  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York. 

Siglar  published  an  English  grammer  in  1874  (Henry  Holt 
&  Co.,  New  York).  He  has  never  been  a  candidate  for 
public  office. 

He  was  married,  August  14,  1861,  to  Miss  Mary  Frank 
Burr,  of  Easton,  Conn.  They  had  one  son,  Henry  Burr,  born 
February  29,  1876.  He  graduated  from  Yale  in  the  class 
of  1897,  and  is  practicing  medicine  in  New  York  City. 

*  Calvin  Harmon  Smith,  son  of  Abial  M.  and  Sarah  R. 
Smith,  was  born  at  Coventry,  Vt.,  September  19,  1838,  and 
died  at  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  July  24,  1866,  in  his  twenty -eighth 
year. 

He  entered  college  at  the  beginning  of  Junior  year,  and 
after  graduation  he  studied  law  for  eighteen  months,  at  the 


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end  of  which  time  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  commenced 
practice  at  Potsdam,  N.  Y.  In  1863,  he  was  appointed 
assistant  district  attorney  for  the  Northern  District  of  New 
York,  and  acted  in  that  capacity  until  near  the  time  of  his 
death,  three  years  later.  He  had,  however,  formed  an 
advantageous  connection  with  an  established  law  firm  in 
Chicago,  and  was  about  to  remove  to  that  city  when  he  was 
prostrated  by  a  fatal  attack  of  inflammation  of  the  bowels, 
and  nervous  fever,  induced  by  exposure  while  traveling  in 
the  West. 

William  Thayer  Smith,  son  of  Rev.  Asa  D.  Smith,  D.D.,was 
born  in  New  York  City,  March  30,  1839. 

Long  continued  ill  health  prevented  his  carrying  out  his 
plans  to  study  theology  and  enter  the  ministry.  He  lived 
in  New  York  after  graduation  until  April,  1864,  when  he  went 
to  live  with  his  father  who  was  president  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege. In  1878,  he  graduated  from  Dartmouth  Medical  College, 
After  all  these  years  of  ill  health  he  was  able  to  enter  on  his 
professional  life  in  the  following  year.  In  1885,  he  wrote  two 
school  physiologies  which  have  been  in  the  hands  of  several 
million  children  and  are  still  in  use.  In  1877-78,  with  his 
family,  he  spent  six  months  in  Europe  studying  at  Paris, 
Heidelberg,  and  Vienna.  In  1901,  again  with  his  family,  he 
took  a  trip  across  the  continent,  spending  a  few  weeks  in 
California.  In  1903,  with  two  sisters  and  his  sons  he  spent 
the  summer  in  England,  Scotland,  Holland,  and  Paris. 

In  June,  1897,  he  received  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.D. 
from  Dartmouth  College.  For  one  year,  the  limit  of  the 
term  of  office  for  any  member,  he  was  president  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Medical  Society  (1900-01 ).  He  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Academy  of  Medicine,  of  the  American  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  dean  of  the  Dart- 
mouth Medical  School,  and  "  last,  but  not  least  "  a  deacon 
in  the  Congregational  church.  He  writes  that  he  works  hard, 
and  his  health  is  excellent. 

He  married,  at  Norwich,  Vt.,  January  14,  1885,  Miss  Susan 
Weston  Kellogg,  who  died,  "  translated  in  a  night,"  in  1902. 
Two  sons  were  born  to  them,  —  the  elder,  who  is  now  (1905) 
a  Junior  in  Dartmouth,  in  1886;  the  younger,  who  is  a  Senior 
at  Phillips  Andover  Academy,  in  1889. 


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Pierre  Sythoff  Starr,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Catharine  L.  Starr, 
was  born  in  New  London,  Conn.,  November  18,  1839. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  at  Williston  Seminary,  East- 
hampton,  Mass.,  and  entered  with  the  class.  After  gradua- 
tion, he  studied  medicine  in  the  medical  department  of  the 
University  of  the  City  of  New  York.  The  first  year  after 
receiving  his  medical  diploma,  he  was  acting  assistant  sur- 
geon in  the  United  States  Army,  and  the  next  two  years 
he  was  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Thirty -ninth  Ohio  Volunteer 
Infantry. 

When  he  was  mustered  out  of  the  service,  he  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Chicago,  but  later  he  removed  to 
Hartford,  Conn.,  where  he  has  long  been  in  the  quiet  enjoy- 
ment of  a  large  and  lucrative  practice.  He  has  one  son, 
Robert  Sythoff,  who  is  in  company  with  him  in  the  practice 
of  medicine. 

He  married  Miss  Louise  G.  Tudor,  of  South  Windsor,  Conn., 
May  27,  1868.     Besides  the  son,  they  have  a  daughter,  also. 

*  Joseph  Lord  Taintor,  son  of  Ralph  S.  and  Phebe  L.  Tain  tor, 
was  born  in  Colchester,  Conn.,  September  ax,  1835,  and  died 
in  Bloomingdale,  N.  Y.,  September  1,  1881,  at  the  age  of 
forty -six. 

Taintor  entered  our  class  in  the  spring  of  Freshman  year. 
He  had  intended  to  study  law  after  graduation,  but  anxiety 
about  his  health  induced  him  to  enter  the  map  and  guide- 
book publishing  business,  with  his  uncle  and  brother.  In  the 
spring  of  1864,  while  residing  at  Avon,  N.  Y.,  he  purchased 
the  interests  of  his  partners  in  business.  Two  years  later  he 
was  attacked  with  congestion  of  the  lungs,  and  on  regaining 
strength  he  removed  to  South  Orange,  N.  J.,  where  he  con- 
tinued to  reside  until  his  death,  highly  esteemed  for  his  public 
spirit  and  Christian  influence.  In  the  spring  of  1867,  in 
conjunction  with  his  brother,  Charles  Newhall  Taintor  (Yale 
College,  1865  ),  he  began  the  business  of  publishing  school  and 
miscellaneous  books  in  New  York  City.  The  success  and 
growth  of  the  firm  were  evidence  of  the  good  judgment,  strict 
integrity,  and  painstaking  industry  of  both  the  brothers. 
In  1879  he  was  attacked  by  pneumonia,  which  was  followed 
by  a  permanent  weakness  of  the  lungs  in  consequence  of  which 
he  retired  from  business  in  August,  1880,  and  devoted  him- 


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self  to  the  care  of  his  health.     He  died   in  the  Adirondack 
region,  where  he  had  gone  in  the  hope  of  recuperating. 

He  was  married,  September  4,  1862,  to  Miss  Isabella  Corn- 
stock,  of  Avon,  N.  Y.,  who  survives  him,  with  several  children. 

Charles  Henry  Vandyne,  son  of  Henry  and  Emily  G.  Van- 
dyne,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  February  8,  1838.  He 
entered  the  class  the  second  term  of  Freshman  year.  He 
writes : 

I  entered  the  theological  seminary  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church  in  the  vicinity  of  Alexandria,  Va.,  in  the  fall  of  i860.  Within 
a  few  months  the  seminary  was  closed  by  the  disturbances  incident  to 
the  war  for  the  Union.  Finding  my  way  homeward  to  New  York,  I 
continued  the  study  of  divinity  at  the  General  Seminary  located  in 
that  city.  In  August,  1862,  being  eager  to  begin  my  chosen  work  of 
preaching  the  gospel,  I  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  and  placed  in 
charge  of  a  little  mission  church  among  the  poor  in  the  city  of  Chicago. 
I  became  attached  to  the  little  flock  and  with  reluctance  left  them  to 
accept  a  call  to  an  attractive  parish,  delightfully  situated  on  the  shore 
of  Lake  Michigan.  There  I  had  a  fine  field,  and  applied  myself  to  the 
work  with  all  the  ardor  of  youth,  but  found  ere  long  that  my  physical 
strength  was  inadequate.  This  fact,  which  it  was  difficult  to  accept 
without  discouragement,  hindered  me  at  the  outset,  and  has  been  my 
chief  obstacle  all  through,  limiting  my  diligence  and  causing  me  to 
make  changes  time  and  again  when  I  would  gladly  have  remained  at 
my  post  and  worked  on.  In  spite  of  it,  however,  I  was  permitted  to 
preach  the  gospel  for  nearly  thirty-five  years  without  any  protracted 
interruption.  For  that  privilege  I  feel  deeply  thankful.  I  regret  only 
that  I  did  not  proclaim  saving  truth  more  vigorously  and  effectively. 
Those  for  whom  I  ministered  listened  to  my  teaching  with  interest, 
and  treated  me  with  kindness  and  liberality,  providing  abundantly  for 
my  temporal  needs.  My  general  aim  was  to  instruct  and  enlighten 
rather  than  directly  to  persuade  and  entreat.  Gospel  truth  has  a 
charm  and  fascination  for  all  noble  minds  when  clearly  and  accurately 
presented.  I  endeavored  primarily  to  awaken  loving  attachment 
to  the  Founder  of  the  Faith  on  account  of  his  infinite  elevation 
and  amiability  of  character  and  his  self-sacrifice  for  poor  sinning  and 
suffering  humanity.  I  was  not  troubled  with  rational  doubts  and 
temptations  to  unbelief.  It  seemed  to  me  that  any  man  who  strives 
sincerely  to  put  the  Christian  religion  in  practice  will  obtain  abundant 
conviction  of  its  truth.  The  Bible  has  always  impressed  me  as  a 
glorious  divine  revelation.  Its  numerous  prophecies,  wonderfully 
fulfilled,  furnish  the  most  irresistible  proof  of  its  supernatural  origin. 

In  the  earlier  years  of  my  ministry  I  was  zealous  in  advocating 
church  unity.  I  felt  deeply  that  there  was  excessive  and  pernicious 
dissension  on  points  of  minor  importance.     But  later,  when  the  so- 


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called  higher  criticism  began  to  rage,  I  took  the  ground  that  nothing 
could  be  lower  or  more  detestable,  and  that  Holy  Scripture  must  be 
defended  at  any  cost.  No  imaginable  unity  would  compensate  for  its 
loss.  No  genuine  agreement  is  possible  between  those  who  reverently 
and  thankfully  accept  the  Bible  as  the  word  of  God  and  those  who 
appoint  themselves  its  critics  and  assailants.  This  doctrine  I  endeav- 
ored to  emphasize  both  in  the  pulpit  and  through  the  press.  Though 
I  set  very  high  value  upon  unity  and  harmony,  I  could  not  doubt  that 
when  divine  revelation  was  treacherously  attacked  by  men  who  were 
most  solemnly  obligated  to  be  its  earnest  defenders,  the  time  had  come 
for  division  and  war.  But  as  my  term  of  active  service  was  about  to 
end,  I  could  do  little  more  than  lament  over  the  general  apathy  on  this 
vital  question,  and  declare  my  warmest  sympathy  with  those,  wherever 
they  may  be  found  and  by  whatever  name  called,  who  are  zealous  for 
the  dear  old  Book  transmitted  to  us  by  souls  faithful  unto  death 
through  all  the  centuries  as  the  genuine  record  of  divine  truth. 

In  the  last  years  of  my  preaching,  I  was  impressed  by  the  alarming 
weakness  of  the  church  to  stem  the  rising  tide  of  unbelief,  to  resist  the 
evident  decline  in  moral  and  religious  sentiment  and  to  ward  off 
threatening  social  disaster,  but  was  sustained  by  the  assurance  that 
where  man  fails,  God  is  mighty,  and  that  the  second  advent  of  our 
Lord  is  now  near  at  hand.  On  the  bright  and  consoling  topic  of  a 
dawning  millennium,  I  delighted  to  discourse  and  found  eager  listeners. 
I  would  gladly  have  worked  longer,  but  it  is  better  to  be  thankful  for 
privileges  and  blessings  already  enjoyed  than  to  complain  because 
they  come  to  an  end. 

He  filled  acceptably  a  number  of  pastorates  in  New  York, 
Pennsylvania,  and  Maryland,  the  last  being  at  St.  Mary's 
Church,  Pocomoke  City,  Md.,  where  he  remained  for  five 
years.  Changes  were  made  on  account  of  the  necessity  for 
brief  periods  of  rest  and  recuperation. 

He  married,  August  28,  1867,  Miss  Helen  Marselis,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Isaac  N.  Marselis,  of  Philadelphia,  who  died,  June  29, 
1895.     They  had  one  child,  a  boy,  who  died  in  infancy. 

*  Julius  Hammond  Ward,  son  of  Hammond  and  Laurinda 
(Lathe  )  Ward,  was  born  in  Charlton,  Mass.,  October  12,  1837, 
and  died  in  Worcester,  May  30,  1897,  in  the  sixtieth  year  of 
his  age. 

For  six  months  after  graduation  he  taught  school,  and  then 
entered  the  Berkeley  Divinity  School  at  Middletown,  Conn., 
where  he  was  ordained  deacon  by  Bishop  Williams,  June  4, 
1862.  He  then  took  charge  of  Grace  Chapel  in  Yantic,  a 
part  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  and  May  6,  1863,  he  was  advanced 
to  the  priesthood.     In  February,  1864,  he  became  rector  of 


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Christ  Church,  Ansonia,  Conn.,  and  went  thence  in  August, 

1865,  to  St.  Peter's  Church,  Cheshire,  Conn.     In  the  fall  of 

1866,  he  published  the  "  Life  and  Letters  of  James  G.  Perci- 
val,"  which  he  had  begun  to  prepare  for  publication  while  a 
student  in  college. 

In  December,  1867,  at  the  earnest  call  of  Bishop  Neely, 
he  took  charge  of  an  extensive  missionary  field  in  Thomaston 
and  Rockland,  Me.,  where  he  labored  assiduously  until  the 
early  part  of  1875.  By  this  time  he  had  become  greatly 
overworked,  and  he  removed  to  St.  Michael's  Church,  Marble- 
head,  Mass.,  where  his  health  was  re-established.  In  the 
beginning  of  1877,  he  acted  for  three  months  as  editor  of  the 
North  American  Review,  and,  in  September  of  that  year,  began 
a  connection  with  the  Boston  Herald,  which  he  served  as 
literary  editor  and  editorial  writer  until  his  last  illness.  In 
1878,  he  removed  to  Boston  and  undertook  a  series  of  Sunday 
afternoon  lectures  in  the  Union  Hall,  which  he  hoped  might 
lead  to  the  organization  of  a  permanent  People's  Church,  but 
the  experiment  was  abandoned  after  three  seasons,  and  he 
found  an  abundant  opportunity  for  influence  in  his  successful 
editorial  work.  Besides  his  constant  service  on  the  Herald, 
he  wrote  largely  for  other  daily  and  weekly  papers,  and  for 
monthly  magazines,  especially  on  questions  in  religion,  social 
movements,  and  education.  He  also  published  several 
volumes,  the  most  important  of  which  was  "  The  Church 
in  Modern  Society  "  (1889  ).     His  health  failed  in  November, 

1896,  and  an  attack  of  paralysis,  which  occurred  May   25, 

1897,  left  him  unconscious,  and  led  to  his  death  five  days  later. 
September  2,  1862,  he  married  Olive  E.,  daughter  of  John 

Witter,  of  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  who  survives  him  (1897),  with 
two  daughters. 

Samuel  Reed  Warren,  one  of  the  sons  of  Dr.  John  P.  Warren, 
a  prominent  physician,  was  born  at  Wardsboro,  Vt.,  on  April 
4,  1834.  He  fitted  for  college  at  Monson  Academy  in  Monson, 
Mass.,  and  after  spending  one  term  at  Amherst,  he  entered 
the  class  of  '60  at  Yale,  early  in  the  winter  of  1856-57. 
After  graduation  he  studied  law  in  New  York  City  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar.  When  Banks's  expedition  sailed  from 
New  York  in  the  winter  of  1862-63,  he  accompanied  it  as 
assistant  to  General  Beckwith,  chief  commissary  of  subsist- 


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ence,  and  remained  in  New  Orleans  in  that  capacity  until 
the  summer  of  1865.  He  then  resigned  his  position,  and 
soon  after  returned  to  New  York  and  resumed  his  legal  pur- 
suits. Subsequently  he  removed  to  Washington,  where,  at 
one  time,  he  was  in  the  practice  of  law,  although  most  of  the 
years  he  has  spent  in  the  executive  departments  of  the 
national  government  in  responsible  and  important  positions. 
For  a  long  time  he  was  in  the  office  of  the  adjutant-general  in 
the  War  Department.  For  several  years  previously  to  1885, 
he  was  connected  with  the  National  Bureau  of  Education, 
and  while  engaged  there  he  was  the  chief  author  and  compiler 
of  the  comprehensive  work  published  by  the  government, 
entitled  "  Public  Libraries  in  America."  The  New  York 
Tribune  referred  to  this  publication  as  "  a  document  of 
uncommon  interest,  containing  a  rich  fund  of  information  on 
points  that  rarely  come  within  the  purview  of  the  general 
government,  affording  a  complete  and  exhaustive  treatise 
on  the  statistics  and  bibliography  of  American  libraries." 
The  reviewer  with  entire  justice  went  on  to  say:  "  Its  value 
in  a  great  degree  is  due  to  Mr.  Warren's  literary  experience, 
accurate  scholarship,  excellent  judgment,  and  conscientious 
fidelity." 

Warren  is  still  living  in  Washington,  and  is  rendering 
valuable  and  appreciated  service  in  the  War  Department. 
He  has  never  married. 

Xenophon  Wheeler,  son  of  Salmon  and  Gillin  Wheeler,  was 
born  in  Homer,  Ohio,  February  19,  1835. 

After  graduation  he  began  the  study  of  law  in  New  York, 
but  in  July,  1861,  he  went  to  his  native  state  and  enlisted  in 
the  Sixty-seventh  Regiment,  Ohio  Volunteers,  and  soon  saw 
active  service.  A  musket  ball  fractured  his  thigh  at  Win- 
chester. After  nearly  four  months  in  the  hospital  he  recov- 
ered and  then  returned  to  his  former  home  in  central  Ohio, 
and  went  into  a  law  office  for  a  few  months.  But  he  soon 
returned  to  the  army  again,  and  this  time  as  captain  in  the 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-ninth  Ohio  Volunteers.  After 
being  mustered  out  of  the  service  he  began  practicing  law, 
and  in  the  summer  of  1865,  he  went  to  Tennessee  and  took  up 
his  residence  at  Chattanooga,  where  he  has  since  lived.  He 
was  United  States  district  attorney  for  the  Eastern  District 


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of  Tennessee  from  1879  to  1883,  and  he  declares  that  this  is 
the  only  office  he  has  ever  held.  But  the  Bar  Association  of 
Tennessee  honored  itself  and  him  by  electing  him  as  the 
president  of  that  body.  He  writes  that  his  life  has  been 
quite  prosaic,  while  he  has  much  to  be  thankful  for,  he  doubts 
not  that  the  Lord  has  used  him  really  much  better  than  he 
has  deserved.  There  is  reason  to  surmise  that  he  has 
enjoyed  a  large  and  lucrative  law  practice.  Although  he 
entered  our  class  only  at  the  beginning  of  Senior  year,  yet 
every  one  feels  as  if  he  had  known  him  even  from  the  pina- 
fore stage  of  existence. 

He  married,  July  14,  1863,  Miss  A.  E.  Knowlton,  of  Utica, 
Ohio.  They  had  three  children,  two  daughters  and  a  son. 
The  wife  died  in  December,  1887.  He  married  again  in 
September,  1890.  The  son  graduated  from  Yale  with  the 
class  of  1894. 


Thomas  Howell  White,  son  of  Henry  and  Martha  (Sher- 
man) White,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  February  4, 
1840.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Hopkins  Grammar 
School  and  entered  college  with  the  class.  For  three  years 
after  graduation  he  pursued  the  study  of  medicine,  and 
followed  his  profession  in  New  York  City. 

In  April,  1 871,  he  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Ann  Van  Buren. 
They  have  one  child,  a  daughter.  His  present  address  is 
Mackie  Cottage,  Grand  Street,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

*  Francis  Roscoe  Way,  the  son  of  Francis  D.  Way,  of  Phila- 
delphia, was  born  in  that  city,  April  28,  1840,  and  died  at 
Jacksonville,  Fla.,  March  16,  1868,  aged  twenty-eight  years. 

After  graduation  he  commenced  to  study  law  in  Phila- 
delphia, and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1863.  In  the  summer 
of  that  year  he  joined  an  artillery  company,  the  First  Phila- 
delphia Light  Battery,  organized  for  temporary  service  in 
consequence  of  the  invasion  of  Pennsylvania  by  General  Lee. 
A  few  weeks  of  exposure,  combined  with  the  excitement  of 
actual  conflict,  sufficed  to  destroy  his  health,  not  strong 
before.  He  afterward  entered  into  active  business,  without 
being  able  to  check  the  progress  of  the  disease.  He  went  to 
Florida  in  December,  1867,  in  hope  of  being  benefited  by  the 


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climate.  His  strength  failed  rapidly  and  he  died  of  consump- 
tion the  following  March.  His  remains  were  brought  home 
to  his  native  city  and  buried  at  Laurel  Hill. 

Lemuel  Tripp  Willcox,  son  of  Amaziah  and  Susan  H.  Will- 
cox,  was  born  in  Fairhaven,  Mass.,  August  8,  1835. 

After  graduation  he  commenced  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  Congressman  Elliott,  of  the  Southern  Massachusetts 
District,  in  New  Bedford,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1862.  He  has  ever  since  lived  in  his  native  town  and  practiced 
his  profession  in  the  neighboring  city.  He  has  persisted  with 
the  Secretary  that  he  had  no  life  story  to  tell  that  would 
interest  his  classmates.  But  a  lucky  chance  brought  a  letter 
from  a  member  of  the  Bristol  County  bar,  through  which  we 
get  an  interesting  and  lifelike  sketch  of  our  friend. 

No  man  in  the  community  in  which  he  lives  is  more  highly  esteemed 
than  Mr.  Willcox.  His  moral  standards  are  on  the  very  highest  levels. 
Every  good  cause  has  his  hearty  support,  and  every  ignoble  action  of 
public  men  or  parties  meets  his  fearless  condemnation.  His  reputa- 
tion is  that  of  a  man  who  places  truth  in  the  foremost  place  regardless 
of  personal  or  other  consequences.  In  his  whole  career  he  has  followed 
where  his  conception  of  truth  has  led  him,  —  in  some  instances  to  the 
sacrifice  of  valued  personal  relationships  and  important  business 
advantages.  In  his  profession  he  is  high  toned.  He  will  not  allow 
himself  to  be  retained  in  causes  of  doubtful  morality.  The  one  ques- 
tion with  him  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  is,  What  is  right?  He 
will  fight  hard  and  brilliantly  for  his  client,  if  he  is  persuaded  that  his 
cause  is  just,  but  he  will  do  nothing  to  help  him  get  the  best  of  his 
adversary  regardless  of  the  merits  of  the  case,  No  man  anywhere  has 
a  more  creditable  standing  at  the  bar.  He  handles  his  cases  admira- 
bly and  generally  with  success.     He  is  still  in  active  practice. 

He  was  married,  June  22,  1865,  to  Miss  Harriet  Curtis 
Field,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.  They  have  one  son,  Standish, 
whose  home  is  in  Boston. 

Edwin  Sidney  Williams,  son  of  Wilmot  Williams,  Esq.,  was 
born  at  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  June  8,  1838. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  at  Oberlin,  Ohio,  where  he  also 
says  he  became  a  Christian.  He  entered  college  with  his 
class  in  1856.     His  story  is  best  told  in  his  own  words. 

You  will  not  expect  the  poorest  mathematician  in  the  class  to  cipher 
out  his  love  for  the  boys  of  '6o.  When  I  tell  you  I  have  two  ivies 
growing  which  are  the  horticultural  grandsons  of  the  ivy  we  planted 


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in  i860,  and  brothers  of  our  vine  of  1900,  you  recognize  the  sentiment 
of  love  which  brought  these  ivies  across  the  continent. 

I  studied  theology  at  Oberlin,  graduating  in  1865.  My  first  parish 
was  Northfield,  Minn.,  where  I  learned  to  love  people,  and  helped  start 
Carleton  College,  staying  there  nearly  two  years.  I  preached  to  Free 
Church,  Andover,  Mass.,  for  a  time.  Like  an  old  war  horse  hearing  a 
bugle,  I  was  easily  won  back  to  Minnesota,  where  I  divided  three  years, 
1872  to  1875,  between  Glyndon  and  Brainerd.  Coming  to  Minneapolis 
I  wrought  until  1883,  with  what  is  now  the  Park  Avenue  Church  of 
that  beautiful  city,  and  was  city  missionary  for  two  years.  Then  I 
began  to  think  of  going  to  California,  whose  charms  slowly  but  surely 
won  me  from  Minnesota,  with  which  I  was  bewitched.  In  1891-92, 
I  represented  the  Congregational  Church  Building  Society  on  the 
Pacific  coast,  resigning,  as  I  had  told  them  I  should  do,  in  1892,  to  carry 
out  a  long  cherished  plan  to  go  around  the  world.  Unexpectedly,  I 
was  appointed  World's  Fair  Commissioner  and  rendered  hearty  service 
in  Japan,  China,  India,  and  Egypt.  I  had  a  rare  opportunity  to  study 
Christian  missions,  which  I  enthusiastically  improved.  While  my 
excellent  wife  was  recovering,  during  1893-94,  from  sickness  con- 
tracted during  the  world  journey,  I  was  helpful  in  building  the  useful 
Mayflower  Church  at  Pacific  Grove,  Cal.,  Then  I  spent  nearly  two  years 
as  associate  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Oakland. 

Since  1898,  I  have  lived  upon  a  small,  but  very  beautiful  ranch  in 
Saratoga,  where  I  have  tried  to  do  a  little  good  as  life's  evening  has 
come  on.  My  latchstring  is  out  for  the  boys  of  '60.  I  tell  them  what 
I  tell  thousands  of  visitors  to  this  superb  country,  that  the  sight  of 
the  ninety  billion  of  white  prune  blossoms  in  the  springtime  is,  while 
it  lasts,  the  unsurpassed  horticultural  sight  of  the  world. 

I  am  in  excellent  health,  and  life  is  richly  worth  living.  I  love  my 
Bible,  Oberlin,  dear  old  Yale,  and  the  Class  of  '60,  and  always  expect 
I  shall  preach  the  gospel  until  I  die. 

Dunham  says: 

Ned  Williams,  in  college  days,  was  one  of  the  most  ardent,  enthu- 
siastic, and  warm-hearted  fellows  I  ever  knew.  One  day,  in  Senior 
year,  I  met  him  out  under  the  elms,  and  he  said,  "  Well,  Sam,  what  are 
you  going  to  do  when  you  get  through  college?  "  I  told  him  I  had 
decided  to  study  for  the  ministry.  "  Why,  bless  your  heart,  Sam,  if 
any  church  ever  gets  you  for  a  pastor,  they'll  never  let  you  go  as  long 
as  you  live."  Some  of  us  Yale  boys,  when  studying  in  New  York, 
enjoyed  Williams's  generous  and  graceful  hospitality  out  at  his  Eliza- 
beth home.  We  went  out  skating  together,  and  returned,  with  our 
appetites,  to  a  savory  turkey  dinner,  the  delicious  flavor  of  which 
lingers  even  unto  this  day.  Ned  has  not  yet  quite  forgiven  me  for 
twice  failing  to  visit  him  at  his  California  ranch  when  on  the  Pacific 
coast.  Nor  have  I  ever  forgiven  myself  for  missing  so  splendid  an 
opportunity.  I  had,  however,  a  delightful  little  time  with  him  in 
San  Francisco,  and  found  him  the  same  genial,  large-hearted  fellow 
as  of  yore. 


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He  married,  December  31,  1861,  Miss  Frances  A.  Lee,  of 
Garrett sville,  Ohio.  They  had  one  child,  a  daughter,  who 
died  in  infancy. 

Robert  Newton  Willson,  son  of  Rev.  Robert  E.  Willson, 
was  born  at  Hammondsport,  N.  Y.,  February  7,  1839. 

He  entered  college  with  the  class  and  after  graduation  spent 
a  year  and  a  half  in  teaching  in  Connecticut,  and  then  went 
to  Philadelphia  and  commenced  the  study  of  law  with  his 
uncle  in  that  city.  In  1864,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  for  a  term  a 
member  of  the  city  Board  of  Education,  and,  in  December, 
1872,  he  was  appointed  first  assistant  city  solicitor.  In 
November,  1884,  ne  was  elected  one  of  the  judges  of  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas,  and  is  now  serving  his  third  term  of  ten 
years  upon  the  judicial  bench.  For  many  years  he  has  been 
president  of  the  Board  of  Publication  and  Sabbath-School 
Work  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  is  a  prominent  factor 
in  the  church  life  of  Philadelphia. 

He  was  married,  September  28,  1869,  to  Miss  Lizzie  S. 
Dale,  of  Philadelphia.  They  have  six  children,  three  of 
whom  are  married,  have  homes  of  their  own,  and  all  of  whom 
make  the  lives  of  their  parents  happy. 

*  Morris  Woodruff,  son  of  Hon.  Lewis  B.  Woodruff  (Yale 
College,  1830)  and  Harriette  B.  Woodruff,  was  born  in  New- 
ark, N.  J.,  July  30,  1838,  and  died  in  New  York  City,  March  3, 
1894,  in  his  fifty-sixth  year. 

He  prepared  for  college  at  Andover,  and  entered  with  his 
class,  but  did  not  complete  the  course,  leaving  in  1858  to 
engage  in  mercantile  pursuits  in  New  York  City.  He  was 
connected  with  two  different  firms  in  the  dry  goods  importing 
business,  and  in  1864  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  George 
W.  Lane  &  Co.,  importers  of  teas,  of  which  house  he  was  for 
over  ten  years  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  the  head. 

In  October,  1863,  he  married  Juliette  daughter  of  George 
W.  Lane,  president  of  the  New  York  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
by  whom  he  had  four  children,  the  eldest  son  being  a  gradu- 
ate of  Yale  in  1893,  and  the  younger  now  (1894)  in  the  class 
of  1895  in  the  Sheffield  Scientific  School.  In  1874  the  college 
conferred  upon  him  the  degrees  of  A.B.   and  A.M.,  and   his 


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name  was  enrolled  with  his  class.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
New  York  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  for  many  years 
treasurer  of  the  Madison  Square  Presbyterian  Church,  of 
which  he  was  also  a  member. 

He  died  suddenly  of  paralysis,  at  his  home;  his  wife  and 
all  his  children  survive  him  (1894).  He  was  a  man  of  ster- 
ling qualities  and  of  inflexible  business  and  personal  integ- 
rity, and  his  genial  social  characteristics  endeared  him  to  a 
large  circle  of  friends. 


Lewis  Nicholas  Worthington,  son  of  Lewis  and  Sallie  A. 
Worthington,  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  March  21,  1839. 
He  entered  college  with  the  class,  from  a  preparatory  school 
in  his  native  city.  He  devoted  three  years  after  graduation 
to  the  study  and  practice  of  law  in  Cincinnati,  and  also 
served  some  time  in  the  army  as  lieutenant  in  the  Sixth  Ohio 
Volunteers,  and  again  during  Morgan's  raid.  In  1863-64, 
he  attended  lectures  at  the  Harvard  Law  School.  He  then 
went  to  Europe  and  passed  some  time  in  travel,  but  for  the 
most  part  devoted  himself  to  the  study  of  medicine  and  sur- 
gery in  Paris,  and  in  perfecting  himself  in  the  French  and 
German  languages. 

Since  our  Decennial,  he  has  resided  mostly  in  Paris,  and 
practiced  medicine  in  that  city.  In  1875,  ne  published  a 
medical  thesis,  "De  VObesite"  and  he  is  an  Officier  dJ Aca- 
demic, France.     In  July,  1899,  he  writes  that  he 

visited  New  Haven  and  spent  the  day  looking  over  the  college 
grounds  and  buildings,  reviving  old  memories,  seeing  but  one  familiar 
face,  Van  Name  of  '58, —  Eugene  Richards  had  already  gone  off  for  his 
vacation.  It  was  melancholy  for  one  to  note  the  almost  complete 
change,  not  only  of  the  college  buildings,  but  also  of  streets  of  the  city. 
The  old  familiar  look  was  gone,  and  I  felt  a  complete  stranger.  I  longed 
for  a  sight  of  some  of  the  old  classmates,  and  for  handshakings  and 
greetings  of  comrades  who  were  young  when  I  saw  them  last. 

He  was  married,  May  18,  1886,  in  London,  England,  to 
Miss  Emma  L.  J.  Browne,  of  Antigua,  West  Indies.  They  have 
two  boys,  who  are  at  school  in  England,  and  who,  he  writes, 
are  looking  forward  eagerly  to  the  time  when  they  shall  be 
students  at  Yale,  both  being  enthusiastic  Americans. 


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*  Mason  Young,  son  of  Henry  and  Anne  Mason  Young,  was 
born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  May  6,  1838,  and  died  in  New  York 
City,  March  27,  1906,  aged  sixty-eight,  nearly. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  at  a  private  school  in  New  York 
City  and  could  have  taken  his  entrance  examinations  at  the 
age  of  fourteen;  the  next  few  years  he  spent  in  foreign  travel 
and  in  1855  he  was  an  attache  of  the  American  Legation  at 
Madrid.  During  this  period  he  became  thoroughly  conver- 
sant with  the  French,  German,  Spanish,  and  Italian  languages. 
He  entered  the  class  at  the  beginning  of  Sophomore  year,  and 
with  the  exception  of  a  short  period  of  ill  health,  remained 
through  the  course. 

After  graduation  he  studied  law,  both  in  an  office  and  in 
the  Columbia  College  Law  School,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  May,  1862,  in  New  York  City,  where  he  practiced  his 
profession  until  about  1887.  While  in  New  York,  he  was  a 
vestryman  of  St.  George's  Church.  In  1875,  he  moved  his 
residence  to  New  London,  Conn.,  and  became  a  warden  of 
St.  James'  Church  there. 

In  his  law  practice  he  was  associated  with  Thatcher  Adams 
of  '58  and  Eugene  Smith  of  '59. 

After  leaving  law  practice  in  New  York,  he  lived  for  some 
time  at  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  and  became  interested  in  railroad 
and  hotel  enterprises  which  proved  financially  unsuccessful. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Corporation  from  1873  to  1884. 
Mr.  Joseph  E.  Sheffield  retiring  in  the  former  year,  Young 
was  chosen  as  his  successor.  He  was  a  zealous  promoter  of 
all  Yale's  interests,  whether  in  finances,  athletics,  or  any  other 
department  of  need  or  endeavor.  About  two  years  ago  he 
suffered  a  paralytic  stroke  which  rendered  him  an  invalid  to 
the  day  of  his  death. 

He  was  married,  December  10,  1862,  to  Miss  Louise  M. 
Hurlbut,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  who  survives  him,  with  four 
daughters  and  three  sons,  George  H.  Young,  Yale,  1887; 
William  D.  Young,  Yale,  1892;  and  Mason  Young,  Yale,  1897. 


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Richard  Hinckley  Allen,  son  of  Richard  L.   and  Sally  O. 
(Lyman)  Allen,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  August  4,  1838. 
He  writes: 

From  1848  to  1854,  I  was  a  school  boy  in  Northampton  and  Lenox, 
Mass.,  and  then  for  two  years  lived  on  Staten  Island,  N.  Y.,  and  was  a 
scholar  under  Prof.  Charles  Anthon  at  Columbia  Grammar  School  in 
old  Park  Place. 

I  entered  our  class  at  the  beginning  of  Freshman  year,  but  nearly 
broke  down  in  my  eyesight,  and  ought  not  to  have  gone  in  at  all;  so 
that  I  was  not  surprised  when  my  physician  told  me  to  get  out  at 
Sophomore  year.  This  I  did,  and  so  ended  all  active  participation  in 
Yale  for  me. 

After  two  years  of  travel  and  rest,  I  went  into  business  in  New 
York,  where  I  remained  until  1886,  and  have  since  lived  quietly  in  this 
country  place  (Chatham,  N.  J.),  where  I  still  remain,  busy  with  the 
usual  interests  and  cares,  as  well  as  enjoyments  of  a  landed  estate, 
and  two  or  three  estate  trusts  in  my  charge.  I  am  a  member  and 
officer  in  the  Presbyterian  church  here,  but  I  have  no  other  honors, 
social  or  political.  I  am  interested  in  an  amateur  way  in  ornithology 
and  astronomy,  but  proficient  in  neither.  I  have  always  thought 
pleasantly  of  my  brief  stay  in  Yale,  and  of  the  fellows  in  the  class, 
though  I  have  seen  few  of  them  since.  Your  reunion  papers  bring 
them  all  before  me,  and  I  wish  that  I  could  see  you  all  again. 

He  was  married,  in  1873,  to  Miss  Mary  Collins  Wallace, 
younger  daughter  of  William  C.  Wallace,  of  Newark,  N.  J. 
They  have  no  children. 

♦Jonathan  Knight  Bacon,  eldest  child  of  Rev.  William  T. 
Bacon  (Yale  College,  1837)  was  DOrn  in  New  Haven,  August 
10,  1840.  His  mother  was  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of 
Prof.  Jonathan  Knight,  M.D.,  of  the  Yale  Medical  School.  He 
was  in  the  class  through  Freshman  and  the  greater  part  of 
Sophomore  year. 

He  began  his  course  in  the  Yale  Medical  School  in  1861, 
and  graduated  in  March,  1864.  He  entered  the  United  States 
Navy  as  acting  assistant  surgeon,  and  was  in  the  fleet  under 

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174  Class  of  Sixty 

Admiral  Farragut  at  his  capture  of  Mobile.  He  resigned 
from  the  service  in  October,  1865,  and  in  January,  1868,  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession  in  New  Milford,  Conn.  He 
remained  there  until  his  death,  a  period  of  almost  thirty  years, 
and  was  widely  known  and  appreciated,  both  as  a  physician 
and  a  surgeon. 

He  died  July  17,  1897,  after  an  illness  of  several  weeks, 
aged  nearly  fifty-seven  years. 

He  married,  December  16,  1868,  Sophie,  eldest  daughter  of 
Frederick  A.  Marsh,  of  Litchfield,  Conn.,  who  survives  him. 
He  left  no  children. 

*  George  Becker,  son  of  Abraham  and  Maria  D.  Becker,  was 
born  in  South  Worcester,  N.  Y.,  April  19,  1839. 

He  entered  college  with  the  class,  but  left  during  Freshman 
year  and  began  the  study  of  law ;  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  i860,  and  practiced  in  Schoharie,  then  in  Cooperstown,  and 
afterward  in  Binghamton,  where  he  was  settled  for  some  years. 
He  was  engaged  in  the  celebrated  Ruloff  murder  trial  in  the 
later  sixties.  He  is  remembered  by  some  of  the  older  lawyers 
of  Binghamton  as  a  rather  brilliant,  though  somewhat  erratic 
member  of  the  profession.  It  is  believed  that  he  died  some 
twelve  years  ago,  and  that  his  family  is  now  living  in  Milwau- 
kee, Wis. 

He  was  married,  near  Hanover  C.  H.,  Va.,  May  8,  1865,  to 
Miss  Mollie  E.  Cady. 

George  Bernard  Bonney,  son  of  George  and  Elvira  S.  T. 
Bonney,  was  born  in  Rochester,  Mass.,  March  10,  1839. 

He  entered  college  with  the  class,  but  left  during  Freshman 
year.  Subsequently  he  joined  the  class  of  1861  and  gradu- 
ated with  them.  After  graduation  he  studied  law  six  months 
in  Providence,  R.  I.  During  the  summer  of  1862,  he  served 
as  a  private  for  three  months  in  the  Tenth  Rhode  Island 
Regiment,  which  left  for  the  seat  of  war  at  only  a  few  hours, 
notice,  on  the  occasion  of  Jackson's  raid  up  the  Shenandoah 
valley.  He  had  some  hard  marching,  but  for  most  of  the 
time  was  on  duty  near  Washington.  On  his  return  he  entered 
Harvard  College  Law  School,  where  he  remained  until  March, 
1863.  He  then  removed  to  New  York,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  December  6  of  the  same  year.     Since  that  date  he 


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has  been  practicing  his  profession  in  that  city.     His  address 
is  51  Wall  Street. 

He  was  married,  in  New  York,  April  3,  1872,  to  Miss  Caro- 
line K.  Holbrook,  who  died  May  19,  1901.  They  had  six 
children. 

♦John  Routh  Bowie,  son  of  Dr.  Allen  T.  and  Matilda  J. 
(Routh)  Bowie,  was  born  in  Natchez,  Miss.,  April  14,  1839, 
and  died  at  St.  Joseph,  La.,  in  1878. 

He  entered  college  with  the  class,  but  did  not  remain 
through  the  Freshman  year.  He  went  first  to  the  University 
of  Virginia,  and  then  to  the  University  of  North  Carolina, 
where  he  joined  the  class  of  1861,  and  graduated  with  it.  At 
first,  after  graduation,  he  engaged  in  cotton  planting  in 
Tensas  Parish,  La.  In  the  Civil  War  he  enlisted  in  a  cavalry 
regiment  and  was  appointed  to  the  command  of  a  signal  corps, 
and  of  a  small  detachment  of  scouts  on  the  Mississippi  River, 
which  was  occupied  in  conveying  stores  through  or  around  the 
Federal  lines.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  paroled  at 
Jackson,  Miss.  He  afterwards  engaged  in  planting  and  mer- 
chandise at  St.  Joseph,  La.,  until  some  time  during  the  year 
1878,  when  he  died.  All  efforts  to  get  further  information  or 
to  get  into  communication  with  his  family  have  been  futile. 

He  was  married,  January  15,  1 861,  to  Miss  Carrie  Calloway, 
of  Wilkes  County,  N.  C.     They  had  three  children. 

William  Pomeroy  Brooks,  son  of  James  S.  and  Mellicent 
Brooks,  was  born  in  Meriden,  Conn.,  March  4,  1838. 

He  entered  college  with  the  class  and  left  during  the  second 
term  of  Freshman  year.  Upon  leaving  college  he  at  first  was 
a  bookkeeper,  but  afterwards  went  to  sea  before  the  mast  for 
three  years.  During  the  Civil  War  he  served  for  four  years, 
first  in  the  First  Connecticut  Volunteers,  and  afterwards  in 
the  Seventh.  He  was  afterward  engaged  in  mechanical  pur- 
suits at  Spring  Valley,  N.  Y.  There  are  rumors  that  he  rose 
to  a  position  of  some  importance  in  railway  circles,  but  ail 
efforts  to  get  into  communication  with  him  or  his  friends 
have  proved  fruitless. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Ellen  M.  Smith,  of  Clarkstown, 
N.  Y.,  June  1,  1870. 


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*  William  Brown  entered  college  with  the  class,  but  on 
account  of  sickness  left  college  during  Freshman  year  and 
returned  to  his  home  in  Bethel,  N.  Y.,  and  remained  there 
until  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  during  the  follow- 
ing year.     He  was  one  of  our  class  monitors. 

Charles  Henry  Bunce,  son  of  John  L.  and  Louise  M.  Bunce, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  May  25,  1839. 

He  entered  college  with  the  class,  but  a  serious  illness  early 
in  Senior  year  compelled  him  to  leave,  and  when  he  recovered 
a  year  later,  so  as  to  be  able  to  resume  his  studies,  he  entered 
the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  and  graduated  in  1862,  with 
the  degree  of  Ph.B.  He  spent  one  year  as  draughtsman  in 
the  Woodruff  and  Beach  Iron  Works  at  Hartford,  three  and 
a  half  years  more  in  the  government  service  as  civil  engineer 
on  the  coast  fortifications.  Later  he  resumed  his  place  as 
draughtsman,  and  then  became  division  engineer  upon  the 
Connecticut  Valley  Railway.  He  was,  for  many  years  follow- 
ing, city  surveyor  of  Hartford,  and  he  is  now  pursuing  the 
profession  of  expert  and  consulting  engineer  in  his  native 
city. 

Bunce  ought  to  be  restored  to  the  class  "  with  all  the  rights 
and  privileges  "  of  an  academic  graduate,  and  a  full-fledged 
member  of  the  Class  of  '6o. 

He  was  married,  February  16,  1865,  to  Miss  Mary  L.  Beebe, 
of  New  Haven,  Conn. 

*John  Groesbeck  Burnet  entered  college  with  the  class  and 
left  at  the  close  of  the  second  term  of  Freshman  year,  return- 
ing to  his  home  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  The  only  information 
the  Secretary  has  been  able  to  get  in  regard  to  him  comes 
from  General  Garrard,  of  1858,  who  writes  that  he  has  been 
dead  for  twenty  years  or  more. 

George  Chalmers,  son  of  Thomas  C.  and  Margaret  M. 
Chalmers,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  September  4,  1840. 

He  left  the  class  at  the  close  of  the  second  term  of  Fresh- 
man year  and  entered  the  class  of  1861  at  the  beginning  of 
its  Sophomore  year,  graduating  with  that  class.  After  gradu- 
ation he  studied  law  at  the  Columbia  College  Law  School  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  spring  of  1863.     He  practiced 


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law  in  New  York  City  until  1888,  when  he  went  to  England, 
and  although  he  has  not  lately  been  heard  from  it  is  believed 
he  is  still  there. 

Titus  Munson  Coan,  son  of  Rev.  Titus  and  Fidelia  Church 
Coan,  was  born  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  entered  college  with 
the  class  and  left  during  the  third  term  of  Freshman  year. 
He  subsequently  entered  Williams  College  and  graduated 
there  in  the  Scientific  School  in  i860.  Later  Williams  honored 
him  with  the  degree  of  A.M.  He  studied  medicine  at  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New  York  City,  and 
after  graduating  entered  the  navy  as  assistant  surgeon,  serv- 
ing for  two  years  (1864-65)  in  the  West  Gulf  Squadron 
under  Farragut.  On  resigning  from  the  navy  he  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  New  York  City. 

In  1880  he  established  a  bureau  of  revision  for  purposes  of 
criticism,  editing,  compiling,  and  preparing  manuscript  for 
publication,  and  acting  as  general  intermediary  between 
authors  and  publishers.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Authors  Club, 
member  of  the  Century  Club,  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  of  Phi 
Beta  Kappa,  and  of  the  Deutscher  Liederkranz. 

He  was  married  in  1877;  a  widower  in  1901.  His  address 
is  70  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

*  Walter  Douglas  Comegys,  son  of  Joseph  P.  Comegys,  Esq., 
of  Dover,  Del.,  entered  the  class  during  Freshman  year  and 
left  during  first  term  of  Sophomore  year.  Subsequently  he 
entered  the  class  of  1861  and  remained  through  its  Sophomore 
year.  He  then  studied  law  and  practiced  for  a  time  in 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  after  1866,  in  Philadelphia,  where  he 
died  suddenly,  December  28,  1877. 

He  married  the  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  John  Bell,  of 
Tennessee. 

George  Langford  Curran,  son  of  Edward  and  Mary  (Lang- 
ford)  Curran,  was  born  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  March  10,  1840. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  Utica  Free  Academy 
and  entered  college  with  the  class,  and  remained  through 
Freshman  year.  Subsequently  he  joined  the  class  of  1863 
and  graduated  with  them.  He  has  been  in  the  hide  and 
leather  business  in  his  native  city  ever  since,  is  a  prosper- 


178  Class  of  Sixty 

ous  merchant,  and  interested    in   charitable    and    Christian 
work. 

He  was  married,  September  6,  1865,  to  Cornelia,  daughter 
of  Dr.  J.  H.  Douglas,  of  Utica.     They  have  two  children. 


*  Laban  Smith  Cutler,  son  of  William  and  Susan  M.  (Barnes ) 
Cutler,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  February  25,  1839, 
and  died  in  that  city  July  6,  1890. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  New  Haven,  and  entered  with 
the  class,  but  did  not  remain  through  Freshman  year,  owing 
to  the  financial  embarrassment  of  his  father.  He  opened  a 
bookstore  in  Middletown,  Conn.,  but  that  venture  not  prov- 
ing successful,  he  went  to  California,  where  he  remained  till 
1880,  when  he  returned  to  New  York  and  entered  the  publish- 
ing house  of  A.  S.  Barnes  &  Co.  He  remained  with  them  for 
nine  years,  leaving  on  account  of  poor  health  and  returning 
to  New  Haven,  where  he  died  in  1890.     He  was  never  married. 

*  William  H.  Davenport,  son  of  William  H.  and  Ellen  M. 
Davenport,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  April  6,  1840. 

He  entered  the  class  during  the  third  term  of  Freshman 
year  and  left  at  the  close  of  Sophomore  year.  He  entered 
the  New  York  School  of  Design,  and  was  besides  engaged  in 
teaching  school  for  a  short  time.  He  was  a  special  artist  for 
the  Harpers  for  a  time  during  the  Civil  War.  He  was  quite 
successful  as  an  illustrator  and  writer  of  magazine  articles, 
also  as  a  political  cartoonist  and  painter  of  genre  subjects. 
Some  of  these  he  exhibited  for  three  successive  years  in  the 
National  Academy  of  Design.  Since  1882,  and  up  to  the 
time  of  his  sudden  death,  on  October  2,  1885,  he  was  figure 
artist  and  leading  designer  at  Tiffany's  silver  works. 

His  three  pictures,  "  Freshman  Initiation,"  "  Burial  of 
Euclid,"  and  "  Biennial  Examination,"  drawn  and  litho- 
graphed during  the  Sophomore  and  Junior  years  of  the  class, 
were  greatly  admired  for  their  apt  illustration  of  prominent 
events  of  college  life  of  that  day.  Davenport's  occasional 
pencil  illustrations  of  passages  in  Whately's  Rhetoric,  and 
other  textbooks,  which  were  sometimes  passed  about  the 
recitation  room,  served  to  raise  a  smile  on  countenances 
darkened  by  gloomy  forebodings  of  a  fizzle. 


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♦John  Purvis  Davis,  of  Kingston,  Miss.,  entered  college 
with  the  class  and  remained  until  some  time  during  the  second 
term  of  Sophomore  year,  when  he  returned  to  the  South. 
Little  information  in  regard  to  his  subsequent  career  has 
been  obtained.  The  place  near  which  he  lived  was  not  a 
post-office  and  efforts  to  get  his  correct  address  have  been 
futile.  It  is  said  that  he  served  in  Hampton's  Cavalry  with 
Foules,  in  the  army  of  Northern  Virginia,  but  in  what  capacity 
is  not  known.  Foules  wrote  the  Secretary,  June  30,  1900, 
that  Davis  was  practicing  medicine  in  Louisiana,  opposite 
New  Carthage,  Miss. 

It  has  since  been  learned  that  he  died  September  5,  1902, 
upon  a  plantation  near  New  Carthage,  La.,  on  which  he  had 
been  living. 

*  Samuel  Harrison  Davis,  who  was  until  recently  the  editor 
of  the  Insurance,  died  on  Thursday  morning,  May  21,  1903, 
in  Plainfield,  N.J.     He  had  been  ill  for  several  months. 

He  was  born  in  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  on  December  16,  1838, 
and  entered  college  from  the  high  school  at  New  London, 
Conn.  He  left  during  the  second  term  of  Sophomore  year  for 
financial  reasons.  He  was  popular  in  his  class,  which  escorted 
him  in  a  body  to  the  depot  upon  his  departure  from  New 
Haven.  From  Illinois  he  went  to  the  Civil  War,  and  was 
mustered  out  as  a  major.  In  1868,  he  became  editor  of  the 
Chicago  Evening  Record,  a  financial  and  trade  paper.  Later 
he  established  a  weekly  paper  in  Whitehall,  111.,  and  returned 
to  Chicago  in  187 1  to  edit  The  Insurance  Herald.  With 
Charles  D.  Lakey  he  established  the  paper  Insurance  in  1883, 
in  New  York  City. 


Charles  Cleveland  Dodge  was  born  in  New  York  City  in  the 
year  1840.  He  left  the  class  in  the  first  term  of  Junior  year 
and  was  engaged  in  business  in  New  York  until  the  breaking 
out  of  the  Civil  War.  He  entered  the  service  as  an  officer  of 
the  First  New  York  Mounted  Rifles,  and  was  successively 
promoted  to  be  colonel  and  brigadier-general.  In  the  summer 
of  1863,  he  resigned  and  returned  to  New  York.  His  address 
is  No.  1  West  Eighty-third  Street.  Circulars  and  letters  from 
the  Secretary  to  him  remain  unanswered. 


180  Class  of  Sixty 

William  Couch  Eggleston,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  J. 
Eggleston,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  June  30,  1839. 

He  was  with  our  class  through  the  first  two  years  of  the 
course,  and  then  traveled  abroad  for  a  year.  On  his  return 
he  joined  the  class  of  1861  and  graduated  with  it.  In  August, 
1 86 1,  he  became  first  lieutenant  in  the  Forty-third  New  York 
Volunteers  and  remained  in  the  service  until  the  following 
December.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  in  banking  and  stock 
commission  business  in  his  native  city.  His  address  is  7  Wall 
Street. 

He  was  married,  January  8,  1863,  to  Miss  Ella  L.  Bates,  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Wood  Fosdick,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  A.  (Wood) 
Fosdick,  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  December  24,  1838. 

He  left  the  class  during  Freshman  year,  but  continued  his 
studies  for  two  years  under  a  private  tutor.  He  entered  the 
Law  School  of  Harvard  University  and  took  the  degree  of 
LL.B.  During  the  war  he  served  as  a  private  in  the  Sixth 
Ohio  Volunteers,  and  afterwards  as  adjutant  of  the  Third 
Ohio  Cavalry.  He  served  for  two  and  one-half  years.  On 
his  return  to  Cincinnati  he  took  up  newspaper  and  literary 
work.  Beyond  the  fact  that  he  is  living  in  Paris  no  additional 
information  has  been  obtained  from  or  about  him. 

*  Clinton  Furbish  died  at  his  home  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
Saturday,  December  24,  1904.  He  was  born  in  Portland,  Me., 
in  1838,  and  prepared  for  college  at  Andover.  He  entered 
Yale  with  his  class  in  the  Freshman  year,  but  remained  only 
until  close  of  the  first  term  of  Sophomore  year.  He  then 
returned  to  Portland  and  engaged  in  business  with  his 
father.  Later  he  took  up  newspaper  work  and  established  the 
Leader  in  Chicago  in  1890.  For  several  years  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Chicago  Times,  and  did  work  on  other  papers. 

He  was  married,  October  27,  1862,  to  Miss  Grace  Codman, 
of  Portland,  Me. 

*  Samuel  Clark  Glenny  was  born  in  Milford,  Conn.,  and  died 
in  the  service  of  his  country,  September  11,  1862. 

He  left  college  at  the  close  of  the  first  term  of  Freshman 
year,  remained  at  home  for  a  year,  and  then  engaged  in  teach- 


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ing  school.  He  enlisted,  April  15,  1861,  in  the  Fourth  Regi- 
ment of  Connecticut  Volunteers,  afterwards  the  First  Artillery. 
He  was  taken  sick  during  the  seven  days'  battles  before  Rich- 
mond and  was  carried  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  died. 


*  Herman  Day  Gould,  son  of  Herman  Downs  and  Ann 
Eliza  (Sherwood)  Gould,  was  born  at  Delhi,  N.  Y.,  October 
13,  1838,  and  died  at  Chicago,  111.,  May  1,  1892. 

He  entered  with  the  class,  but  did  not  remain  through 
Freshman  year.  He  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  first  in 
his  native  place,  and  later  in  Fernandina,  Fla.  Afterwards  he 
became  engaged  in  railway  business  in  Chicago  and  Peoria, 
111.,  living  in  the  latter  city  for  sixteen  years,  and  was  general 
freight  and  passenger  agent  of  the  Toledo,  Peoria,  &  Western 
Railway. 

He  was  married,  December  19,  i860,  at  Philadelphia,  to  Miss 
Ellen  Lasell.  They  had  eight  children,  of  whom  three  are  now 
living.  The  address  of  Mrs.  Gould  is  349  West  145th  Street, 
New  York  City. 

*  George  Washington  Green,  son  of  John  and  Catharine 
Green,  was  born  in  Reading,  Pa.,  November  15,  1838,  and 
died  at  Hart's  Island,  N.  Y.,  January  8,  1866,  in  his  twenty- 
eighth  year. 

He  was  with  the  class  the  first  two  years  of  the  course,  and 
then  entered  the  law  office  of  his  brother  in  his  native  city, 
where  he  studied  two  and  one-half  years.  On  the  breaking 
out  of  the  Civil  War,  he  joined  Captain  McKnight's  battery, 
which  was  one  of  the  first  three  companies  to  reach  Washing- 
ton on  the  morning  of  April  18,  1861.  The  following  July  he 
was  commissioned  lieutenant  in  the  regular  army.  He  was 
subsequently  promoted  to  the  captaincy  of  his  company,  and 
continued  in  active  service  until  some  time  after  the  battle  of 
Gettysburg,  taking  part  in  the  Peninsular  and  Pope  cam- 
paigns, and  in  the  battles  of  South  Mountain,  Antietam,  Fred- 
ericksburg, and  Chancellors ville.  After  the  battle  of  Gettys- 
burg, in  which  he  was  slightly  wounded,  he  was  placed  on 
recruiting  service,  and  so  continued  till  the  close  of  the  war. 
In  the  fall  of  1865,  he  was  engaged  in  drilling  recruits  on  Hart's 
Island.     On  New  Year's  Day,  1866,  he  took  a  severe  cold,  in 


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New  York  City,  which  developed  into  erysipelas  and  termi- 
nated fatally  in  eight  days. 

He  had  been  bre vetted  major  and  lieutenant-colonel  for 
meritorious  services,  and  in  his  death  the  army  lost  an 
officer,  the  country  a  defender,  and  the  class  a  comrade,  of 
whose  record  each  may  be  justly  proud. 

Albert  Newton  Hatheway,  son  of  Amos  Morris  and  Mary 
Gay  (Thrall)  Hatheway,  was  born  in  Windsor,  Conn.,  Febru- 
ary 20,  1838,  his  ancestry  being  of  old  English  and  New  Eng- 
land stock. 

He  graduated  from  Williston  Seminary,  Easthampton, 
Mass.,  in  1856,  and  entered  Yale  with  the  class.  Leaving 
early  in  the  course,  he  became  a  law  student  at  Harvard 
University,  also  attending  the  lectures  of  Lowell  and  Agassiz 
and  received  his  degree  of  LL.B.  in  i860.  In  the  same  year 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Boston,  and  for  twenty-four 
years  thereafter  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
Hartford,  Conn.  He  was  for  one  term  an  alderman  in  Hart- 
ford, and  for  some  years  a  judge  of  one  of  its  municipal  courts. 

Under  the  first  administration  of  President  Cleveland,  he 
was  appointed  United  States  consul  at  Nice,  France,  and 
served  there  for  four  years.  Since  his  return  from  abroad  he 
has  retired  from  his  profession  and  lived  with  his  family  in 
Washington  and  New  York.  His  address  is  128  West  109th 
Street,  in  the  latter  city. 

On  the  third  day  of  October,  i860,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Emma  S.  Robbins,  daughter  of  David  Lowrey  Robbins,  of 
Newington,  Conn.  She  died  October  15,  1897.  They  had 
one  child,  a  son. 

James  Walter  Hervey,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Hannah  Hervey , 
was  born  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  February  2,  1838.     He  writes: 

During  my  first  year  at  Yale  College,  I  was  offered  the  position  of 
teller  in  the  Mechanics  Bank,  New  Bedford,  Mass.  As  I  learned  that 
to  remain  in  college  would  be  a  financial  burden  to  my  father,  I  left, 
and  accepted  the  bank  position.  On  October  8,  1859,  I  was  chosen 
assistant  cashier;  in  1882,  cashier.  In  1897,  I  resigned,  and  entered 
the  service  of  the  Northwestern  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and  still  continue  to  serve  as  special  agent.  August 
23,  1862,  I  enlisted  in  the  Forty-first  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Volun- 


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teer  Infantry,  for  three  years,  or  the  war.  August  31,  1862,  mustered 
as  first  lieutenant;  February  1,  1863,  commissioned  captain.  I 
remained  with  the  regiment,  participating  in  every  engagement,  up 
to  March  5,  1864,  when,  as  the  result  of  severe  injuries  received  while 
on  picket,  followed  by  serious  illness,  I  was  compelled  to  resign.  I 
have  never  fully  recovered  my  health,  but  in  the  main,  my  health  has 
been  good,  and  I  have  so  much  to  be  grateful  for,  I  do  not  repine  at 
any  of  my  army  privations  and  sufferings. 

September  11,  1862,  I  married  Miss  Elizabeth  R.  Nickerson,  of  New 
Bedford.  Of  this  union,  two  children  were  born, —  Walter  Everett, 
February  2,  1865,  and  Helen  Curtis,  May  7,  1872.  My  son  died  June 
7,  1875;  my  daughter  still  lives.  I  held  office  as  treasurer  of  New 
Bedford  Lyceum  for  about  twenty  years.  Treasurer  of  New  Bedford 
Bible  Society,  seventeen  years.  Was  treasurer  of  the  North  Congre- 
gational Church,  fifteen  years;  clerk  of  the  corporation  of  the  North 
Congregational  Church,  six  years;  deacon,  eleven  years.  In  1888,  I 
was  elected  commander  of  R.  A.  Peirce  Post  190,  G.  A.  R.  I  am  now 
its  quartermaster.  I  am  also  treasurer  of  the  associate  and  contribut- 
ing members  of  the  post,  also  of  the  associate  members  of  Company  G, 
Naval  Brigade,  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia.  For  the  past  ten 
years  I  have  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Wheaton 
Female  Seminary,  Norton,  Mass.,  an  institution  with  an  endowment 
of  nearly  eight  hundred  thousand  dollars.  I  am  one  of  the  auditors  of 
Tabor  Academy,  Marion,  Mass.  My  chief  avocation  since  the  war  has 
been  music.  I  have  played  the  organ  in  various  churches  up  to  last 
April.  In  about  two  weeks  I  expect  to  have  an  organ  in  the  largest 
church  (Protestant)  in  the  city.  I  was  sixty-seven  years  old  last 
February  (1906). 

Hervey  has  attended  every  class  meeting. 

*  Edgar  Augustus  Hewitt  was  born  in  New  London,  Conn., 
and  fitted  for  college  in  the  Bartlett  High  School  of  that  city. 
He  entered  with  the  class,  but  remained  with  us  only  through 
Freshman  year.  All  efforts  to  get  a  statistical  or  other  record 
of  him  or  of  his  family  have  failed.  He  has  a  son  who  is  on 
the  staff  of  the  Insurance  Post  in  Chicago,  but  he  is  unrespon- 
sive to  the  requests  of  the  Secretary  for  information  about  his 
father.  It  is  known  that  Hewitt  became  a  Baptist  preacher, 
that  he  had  troubles,  and  that  he  left  the  ministry.  He  had 
one  of  the  brightest  minds  possessed  by  any  member  of  the 
Class  of  '6o.  He  was  a  fervent,  even  impassioned,  speaker; 
as  an  extemporaneous  debater  he  was  ready,  apt,  and  inter- 
esting. When  he  had  taken  time  for  preparation,  he  showed 
comprehension  and  mastery  of  his  subject,  and  frequently 
almost  magical  eloquence  in  its  exposition.     Had  his  moral 


184  Class  of  Sixty 

nature  been  under  equal  control  and  with  equal  development 
with  his  intellectual,  he  should  have  made  no  ordinary  impress 
upon  his  generation.  Here  are  extracts  from  the  Boston 
Journal  and  New  York  Times  of  June,  1877,  — the  date  was 
not  preserved: 

Mr.  Edgar  A.  Hewitt,  a  well-known  journalist,  for  ten  years  editor 
of  the  Insurance  Chronicle,  died  of  consumption  on  Friday,  at  the  St. 
Nicholas  Hotel,  New  York.  He  continued  his  journalistic  labors  up 
to  the  day  before  his  death.  ...  As  a  writer  he  was  regarded  as  able 
and  forcible.     His  age  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  thirty-nine  years. 

The  funeral  of  Edgar  A.  Hewitt,  for  ten  years  editor  of  the  Insur- 
ance Chronicle,  took  place  yesterday  afternoon  from  his  late  residence, 
the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel.  The  body,  which  was  laid  in  a  handsome 
rosewood  casket,  with  silver  plate  and  silver  mountings,  and  covered 
with  flowers,  was  placed  in  the  parlor  on  the  first  floor  of  the  hotel, 
and  was  viewed  by  a  large  number  of  the  friends  of  the  deceased.  The 
funeral  service  was  read  by  the  Rev.  Arthur  C.  Kimball,  of  St. 
Augustine's  Chapel,  and  chaplain  of  Astor  Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  of 
which  Mr.  Hewitt  was  an  honored  member.  Delegations  from  the 
New  York  Press  Club,  the  Liberal  Club,  the  Masonic  Order,  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  were  in  attendance.  A  number  of  prominent 
insurance  men  were  also  in  attendance.  After  the  funeral  services 
the  body  was  conveyed  to  the  steamboat  for  New  London,  Conn. 
It  will  be  interred  by  Union  Lodge  of  that  city  with  Masonic  honors. 

*  Edward  Augustus  Hixon,  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  was  with 
the  class  through  Freshman  year,  when  he  left  and  went  into 
business  with  his  father  in  his  native  city, —  wholesale  boot, 
shoe,  and  leather  dealers.     He  died  July  5,  1862. 

*  Alpheus  Hyatt,  assistant  in  invertebrate  paleontology  at 
Harvard  University,  died  suddenly,  Wednesday  night,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1902,  in  Harvard  Square,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Mr.  Hyatt  was  born  in  Washington,  D.  C,  April  5,  1838. 
After  a  course  at  the  Maryland  Military  Academy,  he  entered 
Yale,  but  left  at  the  end  of  the  second  term  of  Sophomore 
year,  in  1858,  for  a  period  of  travel  in  Europe.  When  he 
returned  he  entered  the  Lawrence  Scientific  School  of  Harvard, 
and  graduated  from  there  in  1862.  In  the  Civil  War  he 
served  as  captain  in  a  regiment  of  Massachusetts  infantry. 
Mr.  Hyatt  assisted  in  founding  the  Peabody  Academy  of 
Science  at  Salem,  Mass.,  in  1869,  and  in  188 1  was  elected 
curator  of  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History.     In  1886, 


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he  was  appointed  assistant  in  paleontology  in  the  museum  at 
Harvard,  where  he  had,  for  many  years  had  charge  of  the 
fossil  cephalopods.  He  was  one  of  the  four  founders  and  one 
of  the  original  editors  of  the  American  Naturalist.  Mr.  Hyatt 
was  corresponding  member  of  the  Geological  Society  in  London 
in  1897. 

Samuel  Jessup: 

My  dear  Leach,  —  In  reply  to  your  letter  of  inquiry  regarding  our 
classmate,  Samuel  Jessup,  let  me  say  that  few  members  of  our  class 
probably  realize  the  great  work  which  he  has  already  done,  and  still 
continues  to  do.  He  is  a  strong  member  of  a  very  strong  family. 
His  first  American  ancestor,  John  Jessup,  was  settled  in  Massachu- 
setts soon  after  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims;  his  father,  William  Jessup, 
was  a  distinguished  jurist,  and  a  church  worker  of  national  reputation. 
His  brother  William  was  a  noted  lawyer  and  politician,  and  had  for  his 
legal  partner  our  much  loved  classmate,  Isaac  Post,  who  died  in  1886. 
Another  brother,  Henry,  who  was  graduated  from  Yale  in  185 1,  is 
one  of  the  foremost  missionaries  living,  having  declined  calls  to  very 
important  churches  in  this  country,  as  well  as  President  Arthur's 
invitation  to  become  the  United  States  ambassador  to  Persia.  He 
served  as  moderator  of  the  Presbyterian  General  Assembly  during  a 
visit  which  he  made  to  this  country  in  1879. 

Samuel  Jessup  was  born  in  Montrose,  Pa.,  in  1833,  and  spent  several 
of  his  earlier  years  in  mercantile  pursuits.  It  was  here  that  he  acquired 
that  business  faculty,  which  has  been  so  serviceable  to  him  in  his  later 
career.  But  he  resolved,  influenced  probably  by  his  elder  brother, 
to  devote  himself  to  the  foreign  missionary  work,  and  entered  Yale 
College  with  us  in  1856.  His  manly  character  and  the  strong,  healthy 
influence  which  he  exerted  while  he  remained  with  us  forms  part  of 
the  wealth  of  our  college  memory.  In  consequence  of  a  crisis  in  the 
affairs  of  the  Syrian  mission  his  services  in  the  foreign  field  were 
required  sooner  than  he  had  expected,  and  he  left  us  in  1858  to  become 
a  member  of  Union  Theological  Seminary,  N.  Y.  He  was  graduated 
from  this  institution  with  distinction  in  1861,  soon  after  which  he 
received  ordination  from  the  Presbytery  of  Montrose,  Pa.  The  Civil 
War  broke  out,  our  classmate  heard  the  call  of  his  country,  and  became 
the  chaplain  of  the  Sixth  Pennsylvania  Reserve  Corps.  After  a  few 
months  of  effective  service  in  the  nation's  army,  he  joined  the  great 
foreign  missionary  army,  which  is  ever  conquering  the  world  for 
righteousness,  and  sailed  for  Syria  in  1863,  where  he  joined  his  brother 
in  the  service  of  the  American  Board,  but  his  mission  passed  under 
the  Presbyterian  control  about  six  years  later. 

His  life  has  been  spent  in  preaching,  teaching,  editing,  organizing 
schools  and  churches,  attending  to  the  endless  details  and  meeting 
the  numerous  emergencies  of  missionary  life.  The  pastor  in  his  own 
country  finds  most  of  the  church  organizations  made  to  his  hand,  but 


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the  foreign  missionary  resembles  Robinson  Crusoe  on  his  island,  who, 
before  he  can  obtain  bread,  must  sow  and  harvest  his  wheat  and  then 
make  the  pots  and  pans  needed  for  cooking  it.  In  the  foreign  field  our 
classmate  has  become  that  which  his  college  course  showed  that  he 
would  be,  an  able  organizer.  The  details  of  his  work  have  not  been 
fully  given  to  us,  but  he  spent  several  years  laboring  with  his  brother 
at  Beirut  in  Syria,  after  which  he  worked  for  a  long  term  at  Tripoli  in 
that  country.  He  was  accounted  able  to  supply  a  vacancy  at  the 
central  office,  and  during  the  year  1889,  he  was  acting  secretary  of 
the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign  Missions.  He  became  editor  of  the 
Arabic  Weekly,  and  was  for  thirteen  years  manager  of  the  Arabic 
publishing  house  in  Beirut.  He  suffered  a  heavy  affliction  by  the 
death  of  his  wife  in  1895,  and  after  that  event  he  changed  his  residence 
to  Sidon,  the  city  near  which,  probably,  our  Saviour  healed  the 
daughter  of  the  Syrophenician  woman,  and  the  port  at  which  the 
Apostle  Paul  landed  on  his  journey  from  Jerusalem  to  Rome.  In 
thisjplace  thus  associated  with  the  origin  of  Christianity,  a  place  in  which 
his  daughter,  now  the  wife  of  a  pastor  in  Philadelphia,  was  then  en- 
gaged in  teaching,  our  classmate  continues  the  work  which  was  begun 
by  Jesus  and  Paul.  His  only  son  is  associated  with  him,  and  the  two 
together  conduct  a  school  which  numbers  one  hundred  and  fifty  pupils. 
Lately  Dr.  Jessup  wrote  to  an  American  friend,  "  I  am  schoolmaster, 
not  only  acting  principal,  am  business  manager,  treasurer,  superin- 
tendent of  the  trades  taught,  Sunday-school  superintendent,  and 
preacher."  He  added  a  thrilling  account  of  the  efforts  which  he  was 
making  to  protect  his  scholars  and  church  members  from  the  rapacity 
of  the  Turkish  magistrates,  and  told  of  the  devotion  of  his  scholars 
who,  on  the  twenty-fourth  of  January,  1905,  celebrated  the  thirty- 
second  anniversary  of  his  arrival  in  Syria. 

The  Class  of  '60  has  had  long  arms  and  pushed  her  influence  into 
many  places.  We  have  had  Camp  to  represent  us  on  the  battlefield, 
Marsh  in  the  halls  of  science,  Eugene  Richards  and  Joe  Daniels  in  the 
professor's  chair,  Mason  at  the  bar,  Phelps  in  diplomatic  and  congres- 
sional work,  and  Samuel  Jessup  to  hold  up  the  flag  of  '60  in  the  foreign 
missionary  field. 

W.  E.  P. 
Oberlin,  Ohio, 

January  8,   1906. 

*  Robert  Barclay  Lane,  son  of  Ira  and  Hannah  Lane,  was 
born  in  Preble  County,  Ohio,  December  29,  1838,  and  died, 
March  17,  1869,  in  his  thirty-first  year. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  class  during  the  first  and  second 
terms  of  Junior  year,  when  he  returned  to  his  home  in  Hender- 
son, 111.  Shortly  afterwards  he  removed  to  West  Tennessee, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  teaching  until  the  outbreak  of  the 
war.  He  served  four  years  as  captain  in  the  Fifteenth 
Tennessee  Infantry,  in  the  Confederate  service.     After  the 


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war  ended  he  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  for  a  year,  and 
afterwards  in  farming.  On  the  17th  of  March,  1869,  while  he 
was  a  passenger  upon  the  steamer  Belle  Memphis,  at  the 
head  of  Island  No.  10,  he  met  a  violent  death.  His  brother, 
Clinton  A.  Lane,  and  C.  P.  Edwards  were  killed  with  him  in 
the  affair.  His  surviving  brother,  Dr.  E.  F.  Lane,  states  that 
the  affair  was  entirely  unprovoked  on  the  part  of  the  deceased. 
He  was  married,  December  29,  1865,  to  Miss  Julia  M. 
King,  of  Tiptonville,  Tenn.     They  had  two  children. 


*  William  McCaleb  Martin,  son  of  William  H.  and  Mary  M. 
Martin,  was  born  near  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  November  1,  1840, 
and  died  July  14,  1864,  in  his  twenty-fourth  year. 

He  entered  college  with  the  class  and  remained  till  the  close 
of  the  first  term  of  Sophomore  year,  when  he  returned  to  his 
native  state  and  engaged  in  planting.  He  joined  the  Con- 
federate army  in  1861  and  served  a  year  in  Virginia,  six 
months  as  a  private  in  the  Claiborne  Guards,  and  six  months 
more  as  first  lieutenant  of  the  same.  At  the  close  of  this 
term  of  enlistment  he  returned  home  and  assisted  in  raising  a 
cavalry  company  of  which  he  was  appointed  first  lieutenant 
and  which  formed  a  part  of  the  Fourth  Mississippi  Cavalry. 
On  the  death  of  his  captain,  who  was  killed  in  a  skirmish,  he 
succeeded  to  the  command  and  filled  it  until  the  14th  of  July, 
when,  in  an  engagement  at  Hattiesburg,  Miss.,  he  received 
wounds  simultaneously  in  his  left  arm,  temple,  and  side,  and 
was  almost  instantly  killed. 

*  Elbridge  Francis  Meconkey,  of  West  Chester,  Pa.,  was  a 
member  of  the  class  a  part  of  both  Sophomore  and  Junior 
years.  During  the  war  he  was  an  aide  to  General  McCall  in 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 

The  single  word  "  dead  "  is  all  the  information  vouchsafed 
the  Secretary  in  reply  to  his  inquiries.  Some  of  us  recollect 
him  as  a  rather  tall,  athletic-appearing  young  man,  of  frank 
and  engaging  manners.  And  all  of  us  will  remember  the 
famous  evening  chapel  rush,  joined  in  by  the  whole  class,  in 
resentment  to  an  injustice  done  to  Meconkey,  and  to  others 
of  the  class,  by  a  tutor  who  had  never  had  any  official  connec- 
tion with,  or  jurisdiction  over,  us. 


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*  William  Warriner  Merriam,  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  began 
and  closed  his  career  at  Yale  with  the  first  term  of  Freshman 
year  in  1856.  After  a  while,  he  entered  the  class  of  1861  at 
Williams  College  and  graduated  with  it.  He  afterwards  went 
to  the  Albany  Law  School,  but  remained  only  a  short  time. 
He  then  entered  the  Theological  School  at  Madison  (now 
Colgate)  University  at  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  where  he  graduated 
in  the  summer  of  1863.  He  afterwards  taught  for  a  short 
season  at  Essex,  Conn. 

He  died  at  Springs,  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  January  30,  1889. 
He  never  married.  It  has  been  difficult  to  get  any  particulars 
in  regard  to  his  life  as  he  was  for  a  long  time  estranged  from 
his  family  and  held  no  communication  with  his  class  secretary 
of  Williams  College.  This  much  seems  well  assured,  that  he 
was  a  Baptist  minister,  that  he  was  eccentric  to  an  unusual 
degree,  and  that  he  had  property  in  United  States  bonds  to 
the  amount  of  eighty  thousand  dollars,  which  he  willed  to 
the  government. 

*  David  Judson  Ogden,  son  of  Rev.  David  L.  Ogden  (Yale, 
1814)  and  Sarah  A.  (Judson)  Ogden,  was  born  at  Whites- 
boro,  N.  Y.,  December  24,  1837. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  Hopkins  Grammar 
School,  entered  college  with  the  class,  but  owing  to  poor 
health  he  gave  up  during  the  first  term  of  Senior  year  and 
went  traveling  for  his  health.  A  year  later  he  entered  the 
class  of  1 86 1  and  graduated  with  it.  For  nearly  two  years 
after  this  he  studied  theology  at  the  Yale  Divinity  School, 
when  ill  health  again  made  him  give  up  his  studies.  Subse- 
quently he  graduated  in  1868  with  the  degree  of  S.T.B.  He 
lived  in  New  Haven  until  1876,  all  his  plans  of  life  being 
apparently  frustrated  by  his  lack  of  good  health.  In  that 
year  he  became  acting  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  at 
Tolland,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  for  three  years.  During 
the  succeeding  two  years  he  supplied  for  brief  periods  the 
pulpits  in  Congregational  churches  at  Riverton,  West  Hart- 
land,  and  Stanwich,  Conn.,  and  Hillsboro  Centre,  N.  H. 
From  May,  1881,  to  July  25,  1885,  he  was  pastor  at  Niantic, 
Conn.  After  leaving  Niantic  he  passed  a  year  in  New  Haven, 
and  in  the  fall  of  1886  began  the  supply  of  the  Congregational 
church  in  Easton,  Conn.,  with  which  he  remained  until  his 


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sudden  death  in  New  Haven,  of  neuralgia  of  the  heart, 
November  7,  1891. 

He  was  never  married.  He  was  for  four  years  scribe  of 
the  Fairfield  West  Consociation  of  Churches.  At  his  funeral 
many  ministers  who  knew  him  intimately  were  present  and 
paid  strong  tributes  to  his  worth  as  a  man  and  a  pastor.  Rev. 
Dr.  Newman  Smyth 

spoke  with  much  feeling,  eloqiiently  testifying  to  his  strong  personal 
attachment  for  Mr.  Ogden,  an  attachment  so  close  as  to  render  it 
about  as  difficult  to  speak  at  his  funeral  as  if  it  had  been  his  own 
brother.  Their  ministerial  lives  had  had  much  in  common.  Laboring 
as  they  had,  repeatedly,  in  closely  related  fields  of  pastoral  work,  he 
had  peculiar  opportunity,  in  their  frequent  interchange  of  thought  as 
to  the  best  interests  of  their  parishes,  to  note  the  loyalty  with  which 
Mr.  Ogden  had  served  his  people  and  his  unflagging  effort  to  secure 
their  highest  welfare. 

♦William  Wesley  Palmer,  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  Palmer, 
was  born  in  Chenango,  N.  Y.,  January  4,  1836,  and  died  in 
New  York  City,  December  18,  1892. 

He  left  the  class  during  the  second  term  of  Freshman  year, 
and  after  traveling  for  some  months,  entered  the  class  of 
1 86 1,  the  third  term  Freshman  (1858),  and  remained  until  the 
end  of  Sophomore  year.  The  next  year  he  spent  at  home  in 
study  and  then  entered  Auburn  Theological  Seminary,  where 
he  graduated  in  May,  1863.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
September  23,  1862,  and  ordained  at  Owego,  N.  Y.,  April  29, 
1867.  He  preached  for  a  number  of  years  at  Hawleyton,  and 
at  Silver  Lake,  Pa. 

A  classmate  writes: 

I  knew  Palmer  quite  well.  He  was  for  years  an  active  member  of 
the  Binghamton  Ministerial  Association.  His  papers  always  dis- 
played ability  and  original  thinking.  His  was  an  acute  mind.  He 
was  recognized  as  able,  but  rather  erratic. 

He  was  married,  December  19,  1859,  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Tyler, 
of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.     She  died  October  29,  1861. 

May  9,  1863,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Emily  S.  Rexford,  of 
Cortland,  N.  Y.,  who  still  survives  him.  They  had  two 
children,  William  B.  Palmer,  on  the  staff  of  the  Evening 
Bulletin  of  Philadelphia,  and  Mary  Emma  Palmer,  wife  of 
Frank  S.  Nash,  and  who  lives  in  New  York. 


190  Class  of  Sixty 

William  Edwards  Park,  son  of  Edwards  A.  and  Ann  Maria 
(Edwards)  Park,  was  born  in  Andover,  Mass.,  July  1,  1837. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy,  and  spent  the 
first  three  years  of  his  college  life  with  our  class,  but  left  at 
the  close  of  Junior  year  and  later  graduated  with  the  class  of 

1861.  After  graduation  he  studied  at  home  until  March, 

1862,  when  he  went  to  Port  Royal,  S.  C,  and  spent  the  suc- 
ceeding four  months  in  teaching  the  freedmen.  The  following 
year  he  engaged  in  studying  law  in  New  York  City,  and  in 
teaching.  In  the  fall  of  1863,  he  entered  the  theological  semi- 
nary at  Andover  and  graduated  in  1867.  During  this  period 
he  spent  ten  months  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  as  an  agent  of  the 
Christian  Commission,  and  in  1865  cooperated  in  raising  funds 
to  rebuild  Phillips  Academy  when  it  had  been  destroyed  by  fire. 

He  was  ordained  and  installed  as  pastor  of  the  Central 
Congregational  Church  at  Lawrence,  Mass.,  November  13, 
1867,  and  remained  there  eight  years.  He  then  became 
pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  at  Gloversville,  N.  Y., 
and  was  installed  there  June  ax,  1876,  where  he  had  a  con- 
tinuous pastorate  for  twenty-eight  years.  He  resigned  last 
year  (1904)  and  removed  to  Oberlin,  Ohio,  where  he  reports 
himself  as  "  working  up  a  mass  of  papers  and  memoranda  on 
President  Edwards,  left  me  by  my  late  father,  and  which  I 
hope  to  be  able  to  work  into  a  book."  While  at  Gloversville, 
he  held  various  offices  in  connection  with  local,  state,  and 
national  organizations  of  his  church.  He  also  gave  much 
time  and  effort  to  the  formation  and  care  of  a  public  library 
in  that  city.  In  1872,  he  spent  six  months  in  Europe,  and 
again,  in  1881,  he  made  an  extensive  tour  of  Europe  and  the 
East.  In  1902,  he  went  to  Russia,  visiting  St.  Petersburg, 
Moscow,  and  Warsaw.  In  1903,  he  crossed  the  continent 
and  made  a  tour  of  Alaska. 

Besides  his  weekly  labors  in  the  preparation  of  sermons 
and  addresses,  he  has  been  a  prolific  writer  upon  many  differ- 
ent subjects,  as  well  as  a  public  lecturer.  His  articles  have 
been  published  in  newspapers,  magazines,  and  encyclopedias. 

He  was  married,  March  4,  1874,  to  Sara  B.,  daughter  of 
the  late  Prof.  B.  B.  Edwards,  of  Andover,  Mass.  Their 
daughter  graduated  at  Bryn  Mawr  in  1898,  and  is  now  a 
professor  in  Colorado  College.  Their  son  graduated  from 
Yale  in  1900,  and  is  a  physician. 


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*  Elihu  Frank  Pomeroy,  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Coe  Pome- 
roy,  was  born  in  Granville,  Mass.,  June  7,  1837,  and  died  in 
Minneapolis,  Minn.,  April  17,  1883,  aged  forty-six  years, 
nearly. 

He  was  desirous  of  becoming  a  minister  and  was  prepared 
for  college  at  Monson  Academy  and  he  entered  Amherst 
College  in  1856,  but  soon  became  attracted  to  Yale  and  joined 
our  class.  But  under  the  advice  of  a  physician,  he  gave  up 
his  college  course  before  he  had  completed  his  first  year.  In 
1858,  he  went  to  Chicago  and  became  interested  in  the  grain 
business.  In  1866,  he  removed  to  Cedar  Rapids,  la.,  and 
became  a  railroad  contractor.  He  continued  in  this  work  for 
some  years  when  he  became  a  manufacturer  of  soap,  and  in 
1879  he  removed  to  Minneapolis,  where  he  established  the 
Northampton  Soap  Company,  of  which  he  became  the  first 
president. 

In  each  place  of  his  residence  he  at  once  became  an  active 
church  and  Sunday-school  worker.  For  a  great  part  of  the 
time  he  was  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church  and  closely 
identified  with  its  mission  and  philanthropic  activities.  Not- 
withstanding his  constant  fight  with  poor  health  his  career 
was  active  and  useful. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Jane  E.  Carpenter,  of  Warren, 
Mass.,  in  July,  1858.  They  had  six  children,  of  whom  three 
daughters  and  one  son  are  now  living.  Mrs.  Pomeroy 
and  two  daughters  are  living  in  Minneapolis  at  1400  Nicollet 
Avenue. 

Horace  Reed,  son  of  John  S.  and  Jane  E.  (Terry)  Reed, 
was  born  in  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  February  28,  1839. 

Our  Decennial  Record  left  him  a  member  of  the  Chicago 
wool  house  of  Reynolds,  Reed  &  Co.,  a  firm  which  long  since 
went  out  of  existence,  and  all  efforts  to  trace  him,  either  from 
that  firm  or  from  his  birthplace,  have  produced  no  results. 
He  was  with  us  for  a  short  time  only  in  Sophomore  year,  and 
on  leaving  college  went  to  his  father's  home  in  Chicago, 
studied  law,  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  practiced  for  one 
year.  In  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Battery  B,  First  Illinois  Artillery, 
and  served  with  it  to  the  close  of  the  war. 

He  was  married,  May  1,  1867,  to  Miss  Julia  March,  of 
Chicago. 


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♦Louis  Leeds  Robbins,  son  of  Matthew  P.  and  Isabella  I. 
Robbins,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  May  9,  1840,  and  died 
in  that  city,  July  17,  1866,  in  his  twenty-seventh  year. 

He  entered  with  the  class  and  remained  through  Freshman 
year,  when  he  left  to  engage  in  mercantile  pursuits.  Two 
years  later  he  received  an  appointment  in  the  Security  Insur- 
ance Company,  of  New  York,  and  filled  his  position  there  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  ill  only  nine  days.  His 
father  wrote  of  him  at  the  time  of  his  death : 

He  died  as  he  had  lived,  an  affectionate,  dutiful,  and  Christian  child; 
none  knew  him  but  to  love  him ;  no  child  of  poverty  and  sorrow  ever 
appealed  to  him  in  vain.  He  had  been  a  member  of  the  South  Presby- 
terian Church  for  eleven  years. 


Daniel  Bennett  St.  John  Roosa,  son  of  Charles  B.  and 
Amelia  E.  (Foster)  Roosa,  was  born  in  Bethel,  N.  Y.,  April  4, 
1838. 

He  fitted  for  college  at  the  academies  in  Monticello,  N.  Y., 
and  Honesdale,  Pa.  On  account  of  ill  health  he  did  not 
remain  in  the  class  through  Freshman  year,  but  continued 
his  studies  with  a  private  tutor  and  matriculated  in  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
and  received  his  degree  in  i860.  In  April,  1861,  after  a  year's 
study  in  Germany,  he  became  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Fifth 
Regiment  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  state  of  New  York, 
and  later  served  for  a  time  in  the  same  capacity  in  the  Twelfth 
Regiment.  He  also  served  as  house  surgeon  in  the  New  York 
Hospital  in  1861-62.  After  this  he  spent  a  year  in  study 
at  the  ophthalmic  clinics  in  Berlin  and  Vienna,  returning  to 
New  York  in  May,  1863.  In  the  autumn  of  that  year  he 
engaged  in  private  practice,  chiefly  in  ophthalmology  and 
otology,  in  New  York  City. 

He  has  been  aural  surgeon  in  the  New  York  Eye  and  Ear 
Infirmary,  and  professor  of  diseases  of  the  eye  and  ear  in 
several  institutions.  Besides,  he  has  held  several  honorary 
positions  in  connection  with  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
and  is  the  author  of  several  standard  medical  works  relating 
to  his  specialty,  either  alone,  as  a  translator,  or  in  collabora- 
tion with  others.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.M. 
from  Yale,  and  of  LL.D.  from  the  University  of  Vermont. 


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He  married  Mary  Hoyt  Blake,  who  died  in  1878.  After- 
wards he  married  Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Howe,  of  New  York  City. 

Alexander  Porter  Root,  son  of  John  B.  Root,  was  born  in 
Galveston,  Texas,  June  ax,  1840. 

He  left  the  class  at  the  close  of  Freshman  year,  but  subse- 
quently joined  the  class  of  1861  and  graduated  with  it.  He 
passed  the  fall  after  graduation  in  Delaware,  but  afterwards 
ran  the  blockade,  reached  home  and  went  to  live  upon  his 
father's  plantation.  He  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  service 
as  a  private  in  a  cavalry  regiment  and  served  one  year  in 
Texas.  After  the  battle  of  Galveston  he  was  promoted  to  be 
lieutenant  of  a  light  battery,  and  served  another  year  in  Texas 
and  Louisiana.  During  the  last  part  of  the  war,  he  was 
assistant  adjutant-general  on  the  staff  of  General  Drayton, 
with  the  rank  of  major.  After  the  war  he  went  into  business 
with  his  father  in  Galveston.  In  the  summer  of  1874,  he 
became  teller  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Houston,  Texas, 
and  he  is  now  the  president  of  that  institution. 

He  was  married  to  Laura  N.  Shepherd,  of  Houston,  January 
24,  1869.     They  have  had  four  children,  three  now  living. 

*  Francis  Ritter  Schmucker,  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary  Ann 
Schmucker,  was  born  in  Oley  Township,  near  Reading,  Pa., 
May  24,  1838,  and  died  in  Reading,  Pa.,  March  3,  1902. 

He  left  the  class  at  the  close  of  Sophomore  year,  and  later 
joined  the  class  of  1861  and  graduated  with  it.  After  gradu- 
ation he  began  reading  law  in  an  office  in  Reading,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  that  city  in  August,  1862.  The  same 
month  and  year  he  volunteered  in  a  regiment  of  nine  months' 
men  and  was  commissioned  as  a  first  lieutenant  in  the  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-eighth  Regiment  of  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers.  He  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Antietam,  was 
promoted  to  be  captain  in  February,  1863,  and  participated 
in  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville  the  following  May.  His 
term  of  service  having  expired  he  was  mustered  out  the  same 
month.  He  again  volunteered  during  the  second  invasion 
of  his  state  and  was  adjutant  of  his  regiment,  the  Forty- 
second  Militia. 

For  the  next  few  years  he  practiced  law  in  Reading.  Then 
his  health  having  failed  him  he  took  up  the  study  of  medicine 


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at  the  New  York  Homeopathic  Medical  College,  where  he 
graduated  in  1873.  He  went  to  Reading  and  practiced  his 
profession  until  the  time  of  his  death.  He  furnished  articles 
to  medical  journals,  both  in  this  country  and  in  England. 

He  was  a  member  of  several  medical  associations,  and  of 
the  Loyal  Legion.  For  nearly  forty  years  he  was  a  member 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Reading,  and  for  many 
years  a  ruling  elder. 

He  was  married,  August  31,  1865,  at  Allentown,  Pa.,  to 
Miss  Emma  C.  Young.  They  had  nine  children.  Five  sons 
and  his  wife  survive  him. 

Kidder  Mercon  Scott,  then  and  now  of  Geneseo,  N.  Y., 
entered  college  with  the  class,  but  did  not  remain  through  the 
first  year.  He  went  to  studying  law  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1 86 1 .  In  the  Civil  War  he  was  first  lieutenant  and  then 
a  captain  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-sixth  New  York 
Infantry.  In  1863  he  was  discharged  for  disability,  and  then 
took  up  the  practice  of  the  law  in  his  native  place,  sometimes 
alone,  and  again  in  partnership,  and  he  is  still  engaged  in 
that  profession. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  New  York  Assembly  from  1881 
to  1885,  inclusive.  He  has  also  served  as  clerk  of  the  Surro- 
gate Court  in  Livingston  County,  and  as  supervisor  of  his 
town.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church,  and  is  known 
as  a  man  of  retiring  disposition,  which,  perhaps,  accounts  for 
the  Secretary  being  unable  to  get  from  him  any  reply  to  his 
communications. 

He  has  been  married,  but  has  no  children. 

Lorenzo  Sears,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Cordelia  Morton  Sears, 
was  born  in  Williamsburg,  Mass.,  April  18,  1838. 

He  entered  college  in  the  second  term  of  the  Freshman 
year,  being  prepared  at  Williston  Seminary,  and  left  at  the 
beginning  of  Sophomore  year.  Subsequently  he  entered  the 
class  of  186 1 ,  with  which  he  graduated.  In  1864  he  graduated 
from  the  General  Theological  Seminary  in  New  York,  and  was 
then  ordained  to  the  diaconate  and  to  the  priesthood  in  the 
following  year.  For  twenty-one  years  he  was  in  the  ministry, 
having  parishes  in  Connecticut,  Rhode  Island,  and  New 
Hampshire. 

For  the  last  twenty  years,  with  the  exception  of  two  years, 


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he  has  been  a  professor  in  colleges,  first  as  professor  of  rhetoric 
and  English  literature  in  the  University  of  Vermont,  and 
then  in  Brown  University  for  the  last  fifteen  years,  first  as 
professor  of  rhetoric  and  later  of  American  literature. 

He  has  the  honorary  degree  of  Litt.  D. 

Among  his  articles  and  books  published  are:  "  A  History 
of  Oratory  from  the  Age  of  Pericles  to  the  Present  Time," 
Griggs,  Chicago,  1896.  "  The  Occasional  Address,  Its  Com- 
position and  Literature,"  Putnams,  New  York,  1897.  "  Prin- 
ciples and  Methods  of  Literary  Criticism,"  Putnams,  New 
York,  1898.  "  American  Literature  in  the  Colonial  and 
National  Periods,"  Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  Boston,  1902. 
11  Seven  Natural  Laws  of  Literary  Composition,"  American 
Institute  of  Literature,  1904.  "  Makers  of  American  Litera- 
ture," American  Institute  of  Literature,  1904.  Also  numerous 
articles  on  literary  and  biographical  subjects,  the  last  being 
an  account  of  "  Colonial  Libraries,"  and  of  the  books  our 
forefathers  read  and  wrote. 

A  last  and  largest  book,  nearly  ready  for  publication  (1905) , 
is  entitled  "  A  Comparative  View  of  American  and  English 
Writers  during  Three  Centuries,"  or  from  the  landing  of  John 
Smith  at  Jamestown  in  1607. 

He  married,  January  2,  1866,  Miss  Adeline  A.  Harris,  of 
Wyoming,  R.  I.     Of  two  children,  one,  Sophie  Harris,  is  living. 

*  George  Royal  Sibley  was  born  in  Augusta,  Ga.,  June  19, 
1839,  and  died  there  in  July,  1887,  forty-eight  years  of  age. 

He  entered  college  with  the  class  and  remained  until  some- 
time during  the  second  term  of  Sophomore  year.  He  after- 
wards joined  the  class  of  186 1,  and  remained  with  it  a  short 
time,  but  then  went  to  his  home  and  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
grocery  business.  Soon  after  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil 
War  he  entered  the  Confederate  service  in  which  he  remained 
throughout  the  war.  He  then  returned  to  Augusta  and 
engaged  in  the  cotton  commission  business. 

He  was  married,  January  21,  1862,  to  Miss  Emma  S.  Tucker, 
of  Milledgeville,  Ga.     They  had  two  children. 

Munroe  Snell,  son  of  Melville  and  Harriet  F.  Snell,  was  born 
in  Ware,  Mass.,  November  13,  1836. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Sturbridge  Select  School 


196  Class  of  Sixty 

and  at  Williston  Seminary,  entering  with  the  class.  The 
financial  crisis  of  1857  caused  him  to  leave  college,  with  the 
expectation,  however,  of  returning  the  following  year.  Dur- 
ing two  and  a  half  years  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  employed  at 
the  Springfield  Armory  with  about  fifty  skilled  mechanics 
from  his  father's  factory.  In  1865,  he  became  established  in 
the  life  insurance  business  in  Baltimore,  and  after  nine  years' 
successful  business  with  another  company,  Boltwood  inter- 
ested him  in  the  Berkshire  Life  and  he  has  ever  since  repre- 
sented that  company  as  general  agent  for  Maryland,  doing  a 
successful  and  prosperous  business  from  the  beginning.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  of  Baltimore,  and  of  the  Associate 
Congregational  Church,  and  is  secretary  of  its  board  of  trus- 
tees. He  is  active  in  Sunday-school  and  other  church  work. 
He  has  been  active  and  prominent  in  Masonic  circles.  He 
says  that  being  a  member  of  the  grand  jury  of  the  United 
States  District  Court  for  the  last  October  term  is  about  the 
highest  civil  office  he  has  ever  held.  His  address  is  909-911 
Union  Trust  Company  Building,  Baltimore,  Md. 

January  13,  1870,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Nettie  M.  Stirret, 
of  Baltimore.  They  have  three  daughters:  two  of  them  are 
graduates  of  the  Woman's  College  of  Baltimore,  and  another 
is  the  wife  of  Dr.  Hubert  L.  Clark,  of  Harvard  University, 
and  formerly  of  Olivet  College. 

*  William  Henry  Seward  Sweet  was  born  in  Marcy,  near 
Utica,  N.  Y.,  September  20,  1838.  He  was  prepared  for 
college  in  the  public  schools  of  Utica,  entered  with  his  class 
and  remained  one  year  only.  He  then  entered  the  Albany 
Law  School,  where  he  graduated  in  i860,  and  then  took  up 
the  practice  of  law  in  Utica.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the 
Civil  War  he  enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Forty-sixth 
Regiment  of  New  York  Volunteers  and  served  successively  as 
lieutenant,  captain,  and  colonel.  He  was  taken  prisoner  at 
the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  and  confined  in  an  officer's  prison 
near  Anderson ville  for  several  months. 

His  active  army  life  served  to  make  distasteful  his  plan  to 
follow  the  profession  of  law,  and  after  leaving  the  army  he 
went  to  North  Carolina  and  engaged  in  distilling  turpentine, 
and  later  he  engaged  in  railroad  building  in  the  South.  The 
panic  of  1872  put  an  end  to  his  operations  in  that  part  of  the 


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country  and  he  returned  to  Utica,  where  he  lived  until  his 
death,  on  the  30th  of  August,  1890. 

He  was  married,  in  Marcy,  in  1869,  to  Emily  Richardson. 
Of  five  children,  three  are  now  living:  M.  Louise  Sweet,  a 
Senior  in  Smith  College  (1905),  and  Arthur  J.  and  Horace  B., 
graduates  of  Cornell  University,  and  now  occupy  responsible 
positions. 


William  Floyd  Taylor,  son  of  William  and  Jane  Taylor,  was 
born  in  Philadelphia,  July  29,  1838. 

He  entered  college  with  the  class  and  left  us  during  the 
second  term  of  Sophomore  year.  He  at  once  became  book- 
keeper in  his  father's  wholesale  provision  house,  and  on  his 
father's  death,  two  years  later,  became  the  senior  partner  in 
the  firm. 

This  firm  long  since  went  out  of  existence ,  and  all  efforts 
to  get  into  communication  with  Taylor  or  any  of  his  friends 
have  been  unavailing. 

♦David  Todd  entered  college  from  Great  Valley,  Pa.,  and 
died  in  New  Haven,  December  30,  1857.  He  entered  with 
the  class  at  the  beginning  of  the  first  term  in  1856,  and  by 
his  manly  and  frank  nature  and  generous  disposition,  had 
won  for  himself  many  friends  during  the  period  he  was  with 
us.  He  was  taken  sick  during  the  winter  vacation  of  Sopho- 
more year,  and  died  after  a  short  illness.  His  remains  were 
taken  to  his  home  for  burial,  accompanied  by  a  committee  of 
his  classmates. 


William  Campbell  Trull,  son  of  Willard  and  Sarah  (Vander- 
lip)  Trull,  was  born  at  Cherry  Valley,  N.  Y.,  March  18,  1839. 

He  remained  a  member  of  the  class  through  the  first  term 
of  Freshman  year  only.  Then  he  went  to  Union  College 
and  remained  a  year.  He  began  the  study  of  law,  and  on 
admission  to  the  bar  removed  to  New  York  City,  where  he 
has  since  practiced  his  profession.  His  address  is  20  Fifth 
Avenue. 

On  February  26,  1876,  he  was  married  to  Jennie  Blanchard, 
of  Salem,  N.  Y. 


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*John  Dresser  Tucker,  son  of  Erastus  and  Emma  A. 
Tucker,  was  born  in  Scotland,  Conn.,  December,  19,  1838, 
and  died  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  December  3,  1904,  aged  nearly 
sixty-six  years. 

He  entered  college  with  the  class  and  remained  through 
Sophomore  year.  Subsequently  he  joined  the  class  of  186 1, 
with  which  he  graduated.  At  first  he  engaged  in  teaching 
after  graduation,  but  later  took  up  the  study  of  law  in  Hart- 
ford and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  July,  1865,  and  practiced 
law  until  the  death  of  his  father  in  1868.  He  then  gave 
up  his  law  practice  and,  in  partnership  with  his  brother, 
engaged  in  the  business  his  father  had  left,  wholesale  dealers 
in  strawboard  and  papers.  He  died  of  an  apoplectic 
stroke. 

He  was  married,  June  3,  1869,  to  Miss  Sarah  L.  Ingraham, 
of  Vergennes,  Vt.,  who  died  March  8,  1872.  He  was  married 
again,  October  8,  1879,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  to  Miss  Kate 
Abbott  Fox.  His  wife,  sister,  and  three  brothers  survive 
him. 

*  George  Makepeace  Towle,  son  of  Dr.  Nathaniel  C.  and  E. 
M.  Towle,  was  born  in  Washington,  D.  C,  August  27,  1840, 
and  died  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  August  10,  1893,  aged  nearly 
fifty-three  years. 

He  entered  the  class  during  Freshman  year  and  left  it  at 
the  close.  Later  he  became  a  member  of  and  graduated  with 
the  class  of  1861.  He  graduated  from  the  Harvard  Law 
School  in  1863,  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.,  made  an  eight 
months'  tour  of  Europe,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Boston  bar 
in  December.  He  was  engaged  upon  literary  work  and  law 
practice  until  about  July,  1866,  when  he  was,  for  two  years, 
consul  at  Nantes,  France,  and  was  then  transferred  to  the 
consulate  at  Bradford,  England. 

He  was  a  prolific  writer  of  books,  having  more  than  twenty 
volumes  to  his  credit.  His  articles  in  magazines,  both  Ameri- 
can and  English,  were  numerous,  and  besides  he  was  a  man 
of  prominence  in  the  lecture  field.  Since  about  1870,  he  was 
a  resident  of  Brookline,  Mass.,  was  a  trustee  of  the  public 
library,  and  took  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Nellie  Lane,  of  Boston,  at  the 
United  States  Legation,  Paris,  France,  September  16,  1866. 


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*  Henry  Upton,  son  of  Daniel  and  Electa  Upton,  was  born 
in  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  June  20,  1835,  an<^  died  in  Pierce,  Neb., 
July  29,  1887. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  class  a  part  of  Freshman  year. 
When  he  left  college  he  went  to  farming.  In  August,  1862, 
he  volunteered  for  the  Civil  War  and  became  a  lieutenant  in 
one  of  the  New  York  State  regiments;  he  was  severely 
wounded  in  the  lungs  at  Chancellors ville.  He  was,  therefore, 
obliged  to  resign  the  following  February.  In  1867-68  he 
was  principal  of  the  public  school  at  Andalusia,  111.,  and  in 
1869  he  had  charge  of  the  high  school  at  Rock  Island.  From 
1876  to  1883  he  was  superintendent  of  schools  at  Decatur, 
Mich.,  and  later  he  was  secretary  of  the  Board  of  School 
Examiners  for  Van  Buren  County. 

In  1883  he  left  educational  work  and  located  at  Pierce, 
Neb.,  where  he  invested  in  real  estate,  established  a  large 
stock  ranch,  and  engaged  in  various  enterprises  incident  to  the 
development  of  a  new  country.  As  a  school  officer  he  was 
instrumental  in  organizing  a  high  school  and  erecting  a  hand- 
some building.  He  was  an  officer  in  many  societies,  and  a 
candidate  for  the  state  senate  at  the  time  of  his  death.  His 
wound  received  in  battle  had  always  troubled  him,  and  to  its 
effects  his  death  was  attributed.  In  every  community  where 
he  lived  he  was  always  respected  and  influential,  an  example 
of  clean  and  healthful  living,  diligent,  enterprising,  and  suc- 
cessful in  business,  an  exemplary  and  earnest  Christian  worker. 

He  was  married,  August  9,  1864,  to  Miss  Susan  C.  Osgood, 
of  Brookfield,  111.  His  widow  and  their  six  children  are  now 
living. 

John  Marshall  Varnum  was  from  Lowell,  Mass.,  in  the 
halcyon  days  of  1856  to  1858.  Why  he  left  us  at  the  close 
of  Sophomore  year,  making  no  sign,  he  has  confided  to  the 
Secretary,  and  he,  in  turn,  has  tried  to  prevail  upon  him  to 
take  the  whole  class  into  his  confidence;  suffice  it  to  say, 
that  he  never  has  considered  himself  a  born  mathematician, 
and  in  severing  his  connection  with  the  college  he  took  away 
with  him  no  burning  love  for  Professor  Newton.  In  this  he 
was  not  singular.  At  this  day  and  age  he  is  sure  that  had  his 
case  been  handled  by  a  man  of  flesh,  blood,  and  heart,  like 
one  we  know,  coefficients,  angles,  sines,  tangents,  and  other 


200  Class  of  Sixty 

things,  horrid  and  forbidden,  would  have  become  as  familiar 
and  lovely  as  members  of  his  own  family. 

The  Secretary  undertook  to  hunt  Varnum  up,  and  know- 
ing several  members  of  the  Varnum  family,  first  tried  to 
approach  him  by  the  way  of  Florida,  and,  finally,  after  various 
adventures,  corralled  him  in  his  broker's  office  at  7  State 
Street,  Boston.  He  is  the  same  Varnum  that  we  knew  in 
Freshman  and  Sophomore  days,  and  will  give  a  cordial 
welcome  to  any  '6o  man  who  will  climb  his  stairs,  and 
hopes  to  have  the  chance  yet  to  meet  many  of  them  in  the 
flesh,  either  at  his  own  home  or  at  theirs. 

Daniel  Webster  was  catalogued  as  from  Killingly,  Conn.,  in 
our  Freshman  days.  Our  Decennial  Record  reports  him  as 
having  become  a  wool  broker  in  Providence,  R.  I.  He  left 
us  during  the  second  term.  Some  of  us  will  recollect  him  and 
his  almost  striking  resemblance  in  size,  complexion,  and 
figure  to  the  great  and  original  Daniel  of  that  name.  There 
are  three  Daniel  Websters  in  the  city  directory  of  Providence, 
one  of  whom  is  a  retired  broker,  and  lives  at  184  Water- 
man Street,  but  whether  this  one  is  our  Daniel  or  not  he  will 
not  tell,  and  so  we  cannot  immortalize  him  in  these  pages. 

*  Charles  Burr  Wheeler,  son  of  Charles  Burr  and  Jerusha 
(Bradley)  Wheeler,  was  born  in  Easton,  Conn.,  July  2,  1836, 
and  died  in  Gallatin,  Tenn.,  in  March,  1883,  in  his  forty- 
seventh  year. 

He  entered  our  class  from  that  of  1859,  and  remained  with 
us  a  part  of  Sophomore  year.  He  taught  school  for  a  while 
at  Tarrytown,  N.  Y.,  and  then  studied  law  in  Bridgeport, 
Conn.,  where  he  also  practiced  his  profession.  Later  he  went 
to  Louisiana  and  taught  school  for  a  brief  period.  He  then 
enlisted  in  the  First  Regiment  of  Louisiana  Cavalry,  com- 
manded by  Judah  P.  Benjamin,  and  served  four  years  in  the 
Civil  War.  When  he  surrendered  at  Clinton,  La.,  he  was  an 
acting  adjutant -general. 

After  the  war  he  practiced  law  both  in  Pass  Christian  and 
in  New  Orleans,  La.  While  living  in  the  latter  city  he  was  a 
judge  for  eight  years.  He  was  also  a  state  senator  for  two 
terms,  the  last  term  being  quite  breezy,  owing  to  the  dual 
governorship  of  Nichols  and  Packard.     In  that  struggle  he 


Biographical  Record  20 1 

was  a  member  of  the  legislature  that  was  locked  up  in  the 
State  House  for  several  days.  He  removed  to  Nashville, 
Term.,  in  1879,  and  placed  his  only  daughter  in  a  school  in 
that  city.  In  1880,  he  removed  to  Gallatin,  Tenn.,  and  soon 
after  he  resumed  teaching  as  a  profession,  it  being  his  intention 
to  build  up  a  training  school  for  young  men  and  prepare  them 
for  college.  In  March,  1883,  he  died  of  pneumonia,  after  an 
illness  of  about  a  week.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the 
highest  Mason  in  the  state,  having  received  all  the  degrees 
that  could  be  conferred  in  this  country. 

He  was  married,  November  27,  1862,  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Lee, 
of  Concordia  Parish,  La.  His  wife  and  daughter  survive  him, 
the  latter  is  married  to  W.  W.  Pardue,  an  attorney-at-law  of 
Gallatin,  Tenn. 

Pierre  Westcott  Wildey,  son  of  Pierre  and  Mary  Ann 
(Mandeville)  Wildey,  was  born  at  Tarrytown,  N.  Y., 
May  12,  1840. 

He  prepared  for  college  at  the  Collegiate  Institute  in  his 
native  place,  and  at  the  Friends'  School  at  Providence,  R.  I. 
He  entered  college  with  the  class  and  left  some  time  during 
Sophomore  year.  Afterwards  he  entered  the  class  of  i860 
at  Columbia  College  and  graduated  with  them.  Following 
this,  he  took  a  three  years'  course  in  the  Columbia  Law  School 
and  graduated  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  Yale  gave  him  the 
degree  of  A.M.  in  1865,  honoris  causa.  He  was  associated  in 
law  business  for  some  time  with  William  Walter  Phelps, 
until  he  gave  up  the  law  for  politics  and  the  care  of  his  large 
estate.  During  the  Civil  War  (in  1863  )  he  came  near  enter- 
ing the  navy  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant ,  but  sickness  at  home 
defeated  this  plan  and  he  remained  a  peaceable  man.  He 
has  taken  some  part  in  politics  as  a  delegate  to  state  and 
other  nominating  conventions.  He  has  made  a  considerable 
study  of  genealogy,  a  study  which  he  and  his  wife  findi  both 
interesting  and  absorbing.  He  says  of  himself  that  his  "  life 
seems  more  a  record  of  what  I  would  have  liked  to  do  than 
of  actual  accomplishments." 

October  4,  1870,  he  was  married  to  Anna  Cheesborough, 
daughter  of  Robert  J.  and  Anne  (Bermingham )  Cheesborough, 
at  the  Church  of  the  Incarnation  in  New  York  City.  They 
have    had   no    children.       He    lives    at    146    Central    Park, 


202  Class  of  Sixty 

West,  and  his  address  is  82  Beaver  Street,  New  York 
City.  He  expects  to  meet  with  the  class  upon  its  fiftieth 
anniversary. 

*  Frank  Wiley  Wiswell,  son  of  Calvin  and  Hannah  (Burr ) 
Wiswell,  was  born  in  Holden,  Me.,  January  5,  1835,  an<i  died 
in  Mexico,  February  8,  1904,  in  his  seventieth  year. 

He  entered  college  with  his  class  and  remained  until  the 
close  of  the  first  term  of  Junior  year,  when  he  left  and  went 
to  studying  law.  But  before  he  had  completed  his  studies 
he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  Eleventh  Maine  Regiment  of 
Volunteers,  was  promoted  to  be  a  lieutenant,  and  then  a 
captain,  and  so  served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  then 
engaged  in  oil  business  in  Pennsylvania,  but  was  unsuccessful. 
In  1868  he  went  to  the  Rocky  Mountain  region  and  engaged 
in  mining.  For  a  time  he  served  as  probate  judge  of  Sweet- 
water County,  Wyo. 

Under  date  of  June  5,  1900,  he  wrote  the  Secretary  from 
La  Noria,  Sinaloa,  Mexico,  full  of  love  to  the  class  and  of  regret 
that  he  could  not  attend  our  fortieth  anniversary.  He  said 
in  part : 

During  the  war  I  met  Camp  in  Virginia.  Since  then  I  have  met 
Marsh  twice,  I  think,  in  Wyoming,  and  once  I  met  Professor  Silliman 
in  Salt  Lake,  at  the  time  he  was  making  an  examination  of  the  Emma 
Mine.  .  .  .  Thank  God  I  am  well  and  tough  as  a  knot.  Reading  your 
note  and  passing  in  memory  back  to  other  days,  I  feel  almost  as  young 
as  I  did  then. 

I  am  engaged  in  mining  here,  but  expect  to  close  out  this  year.  .  .  . 
I  have  wandered  much  by  sea  and  by  land.  Have  crossed  the  Rockies 
many  times,  and  the  Andes  several  times,  and  am  getting  about  the 
right  age  to  settle  down  now. 

His  death  was  reported  by  the  United  States  consul  at 
Mazatlan,  but  no  particulars  could  be  obtained. 


Class  Statistics 


For  full  and  extended  statistics  of  the  class  the  reader  is 
referred  to  our  Decennial  Record,  pages  113  to  134.  The 
table  of  professions  and  occupations  is  printed  below,  both 
on  account  of  some  omissions,  and  for  the  sake  of  a  more 
accurate  classification. 

The  first  term  of  Freshman  year  134  entered:  The  whole 
number  at  any  time  in  the  course  enrolled  with  the  class  was 
168.  Of  these,  108  graduated,  and  one  was  given  a  degree 
later  and  restored  to  class  membership,  making  109.  Of 
the  remaining  59,  10  graduated  from  the  academic  depart- 
ment in  some  later  class  in  Yale,  one  from  Sheffield,  and  three 
from  some  other  college.  Of  the  others  (45  ) ,  17  pursued  their 
studies  in  some  professional  school  or  office,  whence  they 
graduated,  and  the  rest  engaged  in  teaching  or  in  some  of  the 
higher  branches  of  business. 

The  average  age  at  graduation  was  twenty -two  and  a  half 
years;  the  oldest  member  of  the  class  was  born  in  1827,  and 
the  two  youngest  in  1841.  During  the  first  decade,  17  died, 
2  of  these  being  killed  in  battle  and  6  dying  from  causes 
connected  with  the  Civil  War.  Between  1870  and  1880 
8  died;  between  1880  and  1890,  there  were  5;  between  1890 
and  1900,  18  died,  and  from  1900  to  April,  1906,  9. 

During  the  Civil  War,  48  graduates  and  27  non -graduates 
saw  service  in  some  capacity,  either  in  the  army  or  the  navy. 

Of  the  living  graduates  all  but  three  have  been  married. 
Of  the  109,  23  were  never  married.  Of  the  134  entering  at 
the  beginning  of  Freshman  year,  83  took  the  full  course  and 
graduated.  Twenty-six  took  the  degree  of  M.A.  at  Com- 
mencement, July,  1863.  The  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  has 
been  bestowed  upon  five,  and  eight  have  been  awarded  the 
degree  of  LL.D.  The  class  has  supplied  three  members  of 
the  Corporation,  —  Mason,  Walter  Phelps,  and  Young:  the 
two   former  were   overtaken   by   death  while  yet   in   office. 

803 


204  Class  of  Sixty 

The  great  gifts  and  distinguished  services  of  Marsh  to  the 
university  are  noted  on  another  page. 

If  this  page  is  seen  by  any  one  who  has  knowledge  of  Luther 
Maynard  Jones  later  than  1890,  or  of  William  Pomeroy  Brooks, 
Horace  Reed,  William  Floyd  Taylor,  or  Daniel  Webster, 
whether  alive  or  dead,  later  than  1870,  he  is  urged  to  com- 
municate at  once  with  the  Class  Secretary. 


Professions    and    Occupations    of 
Graduates 


Law.  Arnold,  Bunnell,  Champion,  L.  H.  Davis,  Fowler,  Freeman, 
Gaul,  Hale,  Holmes,  Jones,  Keese,  Knowlton,  Mason,  Palfrey,  Penning- 
ton, G.  D.  Phelps,  W.  W.  Phelps,  Post,  Seely,  C.  H.  Smith,  Warren, 
Way,  Wheeler,  Willcox,  Willson,  Young.  —  26. 

Theology.  H.  E.  Barnes,  Blakesley,  Boies,  T.  H.  Brown,  Chapell, 
Denison,  Dunham,  Furbish,  Giddings,  Greene,  Griffin,  Hall,  Hart, 
Higgins,  Howe,  Johnston,  Kingsbury,  Kittredge,  Loomis,  Marshall, 
Martin,  C.  H.  Richards,  Schneider,  Vandyne,  Ward,  Williams.  —  26. 

Business.  Beckley,  Boltwood,  W.  E.  Bradley,  Clay,  Elder,  Fair- 
child,  Finney,  Hawley,  Hunt,  Hurlbut,  Johnson,  Kip,  Leach,  McAlpin, 
McKay,  Norton,  Parsons,  Russell,  Taintor,  Woodruff.  —  20. 

Medicine.  Ball,  E.  R.  Barnes,  Ferd.  Beach,  W.  L.  Bradley,  R.  B. 
Brown,  Colton,  Delafield,  Engs,  Eno,  Foules,  Haight,  Rice,  Starr, 
White,  Worthington.  —  15. 

Professors.  Beers  (Kansas  Medical  College),  Bristoll  (Ripon 
College),  Carrier  (Olivet  College),  Daniels  (Olivet  College),  Eaton 
(Yale  University),  Marsh  (Yale  University),  E.  L.  Richards  (Yale 
University),  W.  T.  Smith  (Dartmouth  College).  —  8. 

Literature.     Catlin,  R.  S.  Davis,  Foster,  Holden,  Morris,  Owen.  —  6. 

Teachers.     E.  C.  Beach,  Camp,  Hebard,  Howard,  Siglar.  —  5. 

Army.     Dutton,  Ogden.  —  2. 

Mining  Engineer,  Mining  Expert,  Viticulturist,  Banker.     Keyes. 


305 


Revised  Addresses 


Ball,  Alonzo  B.,  M.D 42  W.  36th  Street,  N.  Y.  City 

Barnes,  Edwin  R.,  M.D 1258  West  Avenue,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Barnes,  Rev.  Henry  E.,  D.D 16  Littell  Road,  Brookline,  Mass. 

Beach,  Ferdinand,  M.D 235  West  75th  Street,  N.  Y.  City 

Beckley,  John  W 941  Second  Street,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Blakesley,  Rev.  Linus,  D.D El  Paso,  Tex. 

Bristoll,  Wm.  M 815  East  18th  Street,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Clay,  Joseph 22  E.  Oglethorpe  Avenue,  Savannah,  Ga. 

Colton,  Fredk.  H.,  M.D 136  Montague  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Daniels,  Prof.  Joseph  L.,  D.D.,  LL.D Olivet,  Mich. 

Davis,  Hon.  Lowndes  H Huntsville,  Ala. 

Davis,  Robert  S 4045  Locust  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Delafield,  Dr.  Francis,  LL.D 12  West  32d  Street,  N.  Y.  City 

Dunham,  Rev.  Samuel 35  North  Street,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

Dutton,  Major  Clarence  E Englewood,  N.  J. 

Eaton,  D.  Cady, 218  Prospect  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Eno,  Henry  C,  M.D Saugatuck,  Conn. 

Fairchild,  Horace  L Box  262,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Foster,  Wm.  E 431  Delaware  Avenue,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Furbish,  Rev.  Edward  B Bath,  N.  Y. 

Haight,  David  L.,  M.D 1  W.  54th  Street,  N.  Y.  City 

Hale,  Wm.  H.,  Ph.D 40  First  Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Higgins,  Rev.  Lucius  H West  Hartford,  Conn. 

Holden,  Edward  G 138  East  40th  Street,  N.  Y.  City 

Holmes,  Ephraim  L Downsville,  N.  Y. 

Johnson,  Henry  L 20  Fifth  Avenue,  N.  Y.  City 

Jones,  Luther  M. 

Keyes,  Winfield  Scott Pacific  Union  Club,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Kingsbury,  Rev.  Oliver  A New  Hartford,  N.  Y. 

Kip,  William  I Box  2179,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Kittredge,  Rev.  Josiah  E.,  D.D Geneseo,  N.  Y. 

Knowlton,  Hon.  Marcus  P.,  LL.D Springfield,  Mass. 

Leach,  Orlando Avon,  Mass. 

Loomis,  Rev.  Alba  L.  P Rochester,  Wis. 

Marshall,  Rev.  Henry  G Hampton,  Conn. 

Norton,  Nathaniel 11-19  William  Street,  N.  Y.  City 

Owen,  Charles  H Hartford,  Conn. 

Pennington,  William 148  Ellison  Street,  Paterson,  N.  J. 

Richards,  Rev.  Charles  H.,  D.D 105  East  22d  Street,  N.  Y.  City 

Richards,  Prof.  E.  L New  Haven,  Conn. 

Siglar,  Henry  W 158  Waverly  Place,  N.  Y.  City 

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Addresses  207 

Smith,  Prof.  Wm.  T.,  M.D.,  LL.D Hanover,  N.  H. 

Starr,  Pierre  S.,  M.D Hartford,  Conn. 

Vandyne,  Rev.  Charles  H 569  West  161st  Street,  N.  Y.  City 

Warren,  Samuel  R War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Wheeler,  Xenophon Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

White,  Thomas  H.,  M.D Tuckahoe,  N.  Y. 

Willcox,  Lemuel  T New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Williams,  Rev.  E.  S Saratoga,  Cal. 

Willson,  Hon.  Robert  N 2226  Spruce  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Worthington,  Lewis  N.,  M.D.,85  A  venue  Henri  Martin,  Paris,  France 

Fifty-one. 


Addresses  of  Non-Graduates 


Allen,  Richard  H Chatham,  N.  J. 

Bonney,  George  B.  (1861) 51  Wall  Street,  N.  Y.  City 

Brooks,  William  P. 

Bunce,  Charles  H.  (Sheffield) Hartford,  Conn. 

Coan,  Titus  M.  (Williams  S.) 70  Fifth  Avenue,  N.  Y.  City 

Chalmers,  George  (1861). 

Curran,  George  L.  (1863) Utica,  N.  Y. 

Dodge,  Charles  C 1  West  83d  Street,  N.  Y.  City 

Eggleston,  William  C.  (1861) 7  Wall  Street,  N.  Y.  City 

Fosdick,  Wood Paris,  France 

Hatheway,  Albert  N 128  West  109th  Street,  N.  Y.  City 

Hervey,  James  W New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Jessup,  Samuel Sidon,  Syria 

Park,  William  E Oberlin,  Ohio 

Reed,  Horace. 

Roosa,  Daniel  B.  St.  J 20  East  30th  Street,  N.  Y.  City 

Root,  Alexander  P.  (1861) Houston,  Texas 

Scott,  Kidder  M Geneseo,  N.  Y. 

Sears,  Lorenzo  (1861) Providence,  R.  I. 

Snell,  Munroe.  .  .909-911  Union  Trust  Co.  Building,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Taylor,  William  F. 

Trull,  William  C 20  Fifth  Avenue,  N.  Y.  City 

Varnum,  John  M 7  State  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Webster,  Daniel. 

Wildey,  Pierre  W.  (Columbia) 82  Beaver  Street,  N.  Y.  City 


208 


In  Memoriam 

Arnold,  George  Waterman 

Hebard,  Daniel 

Beach,  Erastus  Chittenden 

Howard,  John 

Beers,  George  Louis 

Howe,  Theo.  Lewis  Buffet 

Boies,  Charles  Alfred 

Hunt,  Thomas  Gordon 

Bolt  wood,  Edward 

Hurlbut,  William  Henry 

Bradley,  William  Edward 

Johnston,  William  Curtis 

Bradley,  William  Lockwood 

Keese,  Sidmon  Thorne 

Brown,  Richard  Baxter 

McAlpin,  William 

Brown,  Thaddeus  PI  owe 

McKay,  Edward  DeCost 

Bunnell,  Lyman  Benham 

Marsh,  Charles  Othniel 

Camp,  Henry  Ward 

Martin,  William  Wisner 

Carrier,  Oscar  Mortimer 

Mason,  Edward  Gay 

Catlin,  George  Lynde 

Morris,  John  Moses 

Champion,  Henry 

Ogden,  Frederick  Callender 

Chapell,  Frederick  Leonard 

Palfrey,  Alfred  Conrad 

Denison,  Daniel 

Parsons,  John  Russell 

Elder,  Daniel  Riker 

Phelps,  George  Dwight 

Engs,  George 

Phelps,  William  WT alter 

Finney,  Edgar  Augustus 

Post,  Isaac  Joseph 

Foules,  Charles  Dougherty 

Rice,  George 

Fowler,  William 

Russell,  Jacob  Wadsworth 

Freeman,  Everett  Parker 

Schneider,  James  Henry 

Gaul,  Edward  Lewis 

Seeley,  John  Frank 

Giddings,  George  Walter 

Smith,  Calvin  Harmon 

Greene,  George  Nelson 

Taintor,  Joseph  Lord 

Griffin,  George  Herman 

Ward,  Julius  Hammond 

Hall,  Henry  Lewis 

Way,  Francis  Roscoe 

Hart,  Henry  Elmer 

Woodruff,  Morris 

Hawley,  Henry  Eugene 

Young,  Mason 

Fifty 

-eight 

Bacon,  Jonathan  Knight 

Lane,  Robert  Barclay 
Martin,  William  McCaleb 

Becker,  George 

Bowie,  John  Routh 

Meconkey,  Elbridge  Francis 

Brown,  William 

Merriam,  William  Warriner 

Burnet,  John  Groesbeck 

Ogden,  David  Judson 

Comegys,  Walter  Douglas 

Palmer,  William  Wesley 

Cutler,  Laban  Smith 

Pomeroy,  Elihu  Frank 

Davenport,  William  H. 

Robbins,  Louis  Leeds 

Davis,  John  Purvis 

Schmucker,  Francis  Ritter 

Davis,  Samuel  Harrison 

Sibley,  George  Royal 

Furbish,  Clinton 

Sweet,  William  Henry  Seward 

Glenny,  Samuel  Clark 

Todd,  David 

Gould,  Herman  Day 

Tucker,  John  Dresser 

Green,  George  Washington 

Towle,  George  Makepeace 

Hewitt,  Edgar  Augustus 

Upton,  Henry 

Hixon,  Edward  Augustus 

Wheeler,  Charles  Burr 

Hyatt,  Alpheus 

Wiswell,  Frank  Wiley 

Thirty-four 

Boating  Days  of  Sixty 


An  interesting  suggestion  to  the  philologian  goes  with  the 
general  newspaper  and  university  substitution  of  the  word 
11  athletics  "  for  some  words  it  displaces,  and  the  question 
whether  this  succession  in  the  reign  of  words  carries  unim- 
peachable, because  involuntary,  evidence  of  succession  in  the 
reign  of  things. 

At  Yale,  "  before  the  war,"  "  sport  "  was  a  word  in  frequent 
use  and  could  be  made  to  run  the  full  gamut  of  the  Century 
Dictionary s  later  definitions;  there  was:  "  Amusement, 
enjoyment,  entertainment,  diversion,  fun,  play,  pastime," 
out  on  the  hills,  on  the  harbor,  across  "  the  green,"  and 
especially  in  the  Varuna. 

There  was  no  occasion  then  for  the  recent  pathos  of  a 
waist-oar  and  right-guard:  "  With  boat  practice  almost 
lapping  football  training,  and,  football  over,  tank  rowing 
begun,  it  gets  to  be  a  serious  question  how  a  man  is  to  get  a 
little  fun  for  himself." 

A  sporting  man  was  not  "  one  interested  in  open-air  sports  " 
only,  for  dancing,  fencing,  boxing,  and  wrestling  were  mainly 
practiced  indoors.  Neither  was  the  sporting  man  to  be  too 
easily  disposed  of  as:  "in  a  bad  sense,  a  betting  man,  a 
gambler,  a  black-leg  (colloq. )." 

If  one  of  the  crew  had  taken  sport  in  the  "  Century's  "  (3  ) 
sense,  "  Jest,  as  opposed  to  earnest,"  and  too  shortly  before 
a  race,  there  would  have  ensued  worse  than  philological  con- 
troversy with  a  trainer. 

Trainer  is  the  word;  the  coach  came  into  sport  as  coach- 
ing, except  for  millionaires,  went  out;  coaches  having  also 
been  recently  reported  as  holding  that  "  coaching  is  no 
sport  "  when  a  pitcher  or  a  half-back  has  gone  stale. 

And  at  any  era  of  sport  or  athletics,  if  a  favorite  for  the 
ring  or  the  track  had  taken  "  (4)  amorous  dallying"  for 
sport,  none  of  the  words  used  about  him  would  get  into  a 
dictionary  at  all. 


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There  is  another  good  word  of  the  early  date  which  the 
dictionary  scorns  even  to  stigmatize  "  (colloq. )  ":  Sport, 
or,  effusively,  old  sport,  for  the  lover  of  rod  or  gun  or  foil  or 
oar. 

I  remember  that  when  Sam  Johnson,  prince  of  college  boot- 
blacks and  judge  of  the  article  in  question,  dubbed  me  a 
"  regular  sport,"  I  was  far  vainer  than  when  the  president 
gave  me  my  degree.  The  only  verbal  question  in  Sam's 
preliminary  examination  had  been:  "  Why  don't  ye  box 
Jep  Garrard?  "  to  which  the  answer  had  been:  "  Because 
he  is  not  up  to  my  weight,"  which  was  nicely  accurate. 

I  am  using  the  first  person.  It  makes  a  yarn  spin  simpler, 
and,  as  the  athletic  authorities  have  not  sent  me  the  Y, 
which,  under  the  rules,  I  have  a  right  to  wear,  it  gives  me 
pleasure  to  wear  such  look  of  authority  as  I  can  assume  while 
I  recall  some  of  the  story  of  the  Varuna  and  the  boating 
period  that  name  represents.  The  ladies  of  New  Haven  were 
too  attractive  for  Yale  boating  to  surrender  itself  readily  to 
boat  racing.  A  "  tub  "  which  could  give  comfortable  sittings 
to  some  lovely  young  matron  and  her  bevy  was  a  necessity. 

Heavy  oars  and  heavy  rowing  are  excellent  early  practice ; 
far  preferable  to  wabbling  about  in  a  cranky  shell  before  learn- 
ing to  sit  firm  and  get  the  back  into  the  stroke. 

There  were  plenty  of  races,  one  or  more  per  week  if  Satur- 
day and  Wednesday  afternoons  were  fair;  tubs,  gigs,  "  race 
boats,"  such  as  there  were,  all  contesting.  An  ambitious 
crew,  fancying  themselves  "  in  better  shape  "  than  others, 
or  with  "  a  score  to  settle,"  was  slow  to  get  off  as  the  rest  left 
the  red  farmhouse  up  Mill  River  (it  was  a  farmhouse  in  the 
fifties) ;  an  oar  leather  had  to  be  helped  with  a  tack  or  two, 
or  an  oarsman  refused  to  be  too  suddenly  wakened  from  his 
snooze  under  an  apple-tree.  Once  off,  down  would  come  that 
rearmost  boat  with  a  "  spurt,"  and  by  the  time  the  broader 
water  was  reached  at  the  confluence  of  the  Quinnipiac,  there 
would  be  a  gallant  outlay  of  such  skill  and  strength  as  were 
in  the  navy,  as  far  as  Tomlinson's  bridge,  and  sometimes 
through  between  its  piers  and  round  the  steamboat  wharf  to 
Brooks's. 

The  first  race  of  the  Varuna  crew  was  from  Fort  Hale  to 
Savin  Rock,  four  miles.     The  Thulia,  '59,  was  in  it  with  Ed. 


212  Class  of  Sixty 

Perkins  and  Carpenter,  the  completest  of  gymnasts  but  too 
light,  as  their  whole  crew  were,  for  a  tub.  There  were 
Jep  Garrard  and  Bob  Galloway  in  the  Wa  Wa,  a  '58  boat; 
the  Nereid,  '58,  with  Penny  Morgan  and  Esty  Stephens, 
Magill,  and  more  of  the  winning  crew  in  the  last  "  regatta,"  all 
very  soft.  The  old  scientific  Transit  (badly  renamed 
Varuna,  for  a  wooden  god)  started  last,  by  management  of 
Ed.  Curtis,  S.  S.  S.,  '57,  who  was  pulling  stroke  and  coaching 
the  new  crew,  and  "  wanted  to  see  them  brush  ";  and  was 
teaching  me  to  pull  bow  and  steer.  It  was  not  good  form 
for  a  bow  to  look  around  and  twist  his  face  over  his  shoulder 
too  often;  his  course  once  laid  and  cross  current  or  drift 
observed,  he  could  feel  the  boat  edge  away  or  hold  up  to  her 
course.  If  one  man  slurred  some  part  of  his  work,  or  forced 
it,  I  could  feel  it  on  my  oar  as  a  fencer  feels  on  his  foil  the 
weariness  or  new  resolve  of  his  opponent. 

There  was  always  the  boat's  wake  giving  increasing  praise 
or  blame,  renewed  from  stroke  to  stroke  until  the  finish  line 
was  astern.  If  the  triple  ribbon  of  the  dip  of  the  oars  and  the 
cut  of  the  rudder  disappeared  in  too  stiff  a  ripple,  there  was 
the  criticism,  harder  to  read  but  no  less  inflexible,  of  the 
imaginary  line  from  the  starting  flag  to  the  stake  boat ;  how 
nearly  did  it  pass  through  the  center  of  the  boat,  and  how 
abruptly  was  the  angle  changed  at  which  that  imaginary  line 
kept  crossing  the  line  of  the  kelson. 

Few  realize  that  a  boat  never  goes  in  the  direction  in  which 
she  is  heading.  She  progresses  on  a  line  which  is  the  resultant 
of  the  ratio  of  the  speed  of  the  wind  to  the  speed  of  the  tide, 
and  of  both  to  the  speed  of  the  boat,  and  the  angle  at  which 
the  lines  of  motion  of  the  three  cross  each  other. 

The  Varunas  used  to  sit  with  their  hands  in  their  laps  when 
waiting  for  the  word,  taking  it  easy  and  willing  to  see  rival 
crews  bent  down  over  their  foot  boards,  pumping  their  wind 
already;  content  to  give  a  half  length  of  start  for  the  ad- 
vantage of  clear  breathing,  and  satisfied  that  in  no  position 
could  another  crew  be  sized  up  better  than  lapping  her  quarter. 

All  this  and  more  Curtis  was  teaching  us  in  the  Varuna, 
week  after  week,  or  it  developed  in  his  pupils  in  the  score  of 
races  in  which  they  afterwards  were  winners;  and  to  him, 
more  than  to  any  other,  was  due  our  ideas  of  training,  style 
of  rowing  and  racing. 

By  1858  the  races  of  the  Nereid  and  Halcyon,  the  Transit, 


Boating  Days  of  Sixty  213 

the  Undine  of  Hartford,  the  Virginia,  manned  by  New  York 
pilots,  the  Nautilus  and  Wa  Wa,  Olympia  and  Wenona,  had 
brought  about  some  fair  practice  and  care  as  to  diet  of  a  crew. 

William  D.  Morgan,  Frederick  W.  Stevens,  George  E.  Dun- 
ham, and  Henry  L.  Johnson,  under  William  Plumb  Bacon, 
"  commodore,"  were  in  training  for  a  Harvard  race,  and  pulling 
regularly  in  the  Volante,  a  log-sided,  tipsy  craft,  but  believed 
to  be  very  fast.  The  men  were  all  that  could  be  wished  for 
individually,  and  there  was  prospect  that  Harvard  must 
eclipse  all  previous  precedents  to  win,  when  Dunham  was 
drowned.  It  seemed  impossible  that  such  an  athlete  was 
not  a  swimmer,  or  that  the  superhuman  exertions  of  the 
others  should  not  have  rescued  him.  The  accident  came  at 
the  end  of  three  miles  on  time.  Yet  Morgan,  the  stroke, 
dived  for  him  a  dozen  times,  stood  sobbing  with  exertion  and 
whatever  else,  his  eyes  still  searching  the  clear  depths  under 
the  bridge  at  Springfield,  saw  something  gleam  in  an  eddy, 
plunged  again  and  brought  up  his  own  flannels.  Every  candi- 
date for  a  place  on  the  Varuna  race  crew  passed  first  a  search- 
ing examination  as  a  swimmer. 

Occasional  hints  or  criticisms  from  the  Volante  crew  were 
of  value  to  the  Varuna;  but  little  was  known  of  their  prac- 
tice. After  the  tragic  end,  none  of  them  ever  liked  to  speak 
of  it. 

As  a  club,  the  Varuna  had  been  unlucky.  Her  first  stroke 
oar  was  Alpheus  Hyatt,  an  ideal  for  the  place.  When  I 
offered  it  to  him,  his  answer  was:  "  Well,  I  can  row  in  a 
heavy  boat.  The  first  thing  I  can  recollect  is  rolling  about 
in  a  dug-out  on  the  Chesapeake."  He  left  us  before  we  had  a 
race,  to  take  his  scientific  course  at  Boston,  where,  at  the  head 
of  the  museum  work,  he  spent  his  life. 

As  some  of  the  '6o  Freshmen  were  trying  a  "  running 
jump"  (the  running  broad)  in  front  of  the  Atheneum  one 
evening,  a  swart,  lithe  six-footer,  broad-shouldered,  a  little 
bent  with  recent  work  at  the  plow,  where  he  said  he  had 
been  earning  the  wherewithal  for  making  his  way  through 
Yale,  with  a  send-off  of  half  a  dozen  steps  cleared  19+  feet  in 
smooth  turf.  Five  minutes  later  he  and  I  were  wrestling  at 
collar  and  elbow.  He  drew  out  with  a  protest  that  it  was  all 
trick,  and  took  a  back  hold  with  Johnson,  who  threw  him, 
after  a  hard  bout,  as  he  did  everybody  else,  but  said  at  once 


214  Class  of  Sixty 

in  my  ear,  "  He  is  green,  but  strong  enough;  twists  like  an 
eel  and  could  tire  anybody."  Before  bedtime  we  had  signed 
David  Todd  for  a  Varuna  waist.  In  a  pair  oar  of  Brooks's 
he  exhibited  capacity  for  everything  except  fatigue.  When 
we  came  back  from  vacation  he  was  dead,  of  typhoid. 

Henry  L.  Johnson,  the  Wall  Street  broker  coming  from  a 
Connecticut  farm  in  Lebanon,  was  presumably  the  best  oar 
in  the  class.  If  he  had  not  been,  he  would  not  have  been 
drafted  into  the  Volante  (Yale)  four.  That  honor  did  not 
make  less  the  loss  to  the  Varuna  of  her  stroke,  though  he 
rowed  in  her  in  some  of  her  more  important  races  and  found 
little  to  change. 

The  clubs  were  class  clubs,  until  1861,  and  the  Wenona 
had  taken  her  first  choice,  or  very  nearly  so,  from  the  i860 
Freshmen.  The  gymnasium  had  been  canvassed,  the  tradi- 
tions of  the  preparatory  schools  taken  in  evidence.  The  New 
York  boys  and  their  money  had  guaranteed  a  new  boat  by 
James,  "  without  a  straight  line  in  her,"  and  had  enlisted, 
among  others,  Eugene  L.  Richards  (from  that  date  to  the 
present,  mathematician  and  leader  in  the  Yale  gymnasium), 
D.  Cady  Eaton  (the  art  professor),  William  Edwards  Park 
(of  Andover  and  pulpit  fame),  both  looking  very  fit;  Othniel 
Charles  Marsh  (already  wrestler,  campaigner,  sportsman,  and 
always  paleontologist),  Edward  B.  Furbish  (the  strongest  man 
I  knew  in  college,  and  the  ideal  pastor  ever  since),  Jacob  W. 
Russell  (who  had  been  the  pet  athlete  of  the  Russell  Military 
School),  and  for  stroke,  Joseph  Clay  (Georgia  planter,  dan- 
gerous wrestler,  kindly  gentleman  through  all  these  years, 
and  "  had  broken  two  oars  already  ").  They  were  steered  and 
commanded  by  the  class  favorite,  William  T.  Smith  (Dart- 
mouth professor  and  LL.D.,  M.D.).  Clearly  a  crew  not  to 
be  easily  disposed  of,  whether  estimated  by  brain  or  muscle. 
We  were  to  have  at  least  stout  competitors  in  our  own  class. 
In  his  senior  year  Richards  pulled  on  the  Yale. 

Meantime  the  Varuna  club,  and  with  it  the  crew,  would 
have  gone  to  pieces  had  it  not  been  for  Henry  Champion, 
Charles  H.  Bunce,  now  city  engineer  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  and 
his  schoolmate,  John  D.  Tucker,  merchant;  Winfield  Scott 
Keyes,  mining  engineer  and  capitalist  in  California;  William 
McAlpin,  Cincinnati  merchant;  Col.  Edward  L.  Gaul  and 
Edward  Boltwood,  Detroit  judge  of   probate  and  president 


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of  the  Berkshire  Life  Insurance  Company,  father  in  insur- 
ance of  the  late  Col.  Jacob  L.  Green  and  his  successor, 
John  M.  Taylor,  presidents  of  the  great  Connecticut  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company,  of  Hartford,  Conn.  Others  filled 
the  crew:  Horace  L.  Fairchild,  always  reliable  and  as  good  as 
any  in  the  waist,  now  a  Bridgeport  merchant  and  manufac- 
turer; Clarence  L.  Dutton,  powerful  and  unimpressionable  at 
starboard  bow  or  port  stroke,  lieutenant-colonel,  United 
States  Army,  ordnance  officer  at  Sandy  Hook  under  General 
Burbank,  United  States  Army,  who,  by  an  odd  coincidence, 
was  pulling  stroke  in  1859  in  the  Hartford  Atalanta,  a  rival 
of  Yale  to  be  mentioned  later  (to  them  all  the  artillery  of 
the  world  to-day,  in  comparison  with  experimental  equip- 
ment, is  as  antiquated  as  Parrots  and  Rodmans);  Robert  N. 
Willson,  good  at  any  oar,  judge  of  the  superior  court,  Phila- 
delphia. Everett  Parker  Freeman,  of  Hartford,  pulled  star- 
board bow  in  more  than  one  race,  with  great  courage  and  skill; 
graduating  from  Yale,  and  a  year  later  from  the  Albany  Law 
School,  he  settled  at  once  in  Mankato,  Minn.,  then  the  border, 
where  he  "  grew  up  with  the  town,"  and  was  a  leading  lawyer 
until  he  died.  A  state  senator,  a  political  and  social  power, 
Freeman  was  a  type  of  what  is  the  sinew  of  a  republic.  With 
a  soft  heart  which  made  "  Lo,  the  poor  Indian  "  his  invariable 
school  declamation,  his  military  training  at  Russell's  and  his 
personal  worth  made  him  an  officer  in  the  local  volunteers 
when  they  went  out  into  the  wilderness  against  the  savage 
allies  of  the  Confederacy,  who  swarmed  over  British  bound- 
aries, as  they  did  in  1776  and  181 2,  to  burn  and  slaughter. 

We  could  hardly  have  got  the  championship  without 
Frederick  Henry  Colton,  another  farm  boy,  from  Long- 
meadow,  Mass.  It  was  doubtfully,  almost  reluctantly,  that 
I  sent  Colton  to  stroke,  after  Johnson  was  drafted  for  the 
Volante.  Accustomed  to  the  square  shoulders  induced  by 
"  the  horizontal  bars,  "then  much  in  vogue,  we  had  not  learned 
to  appreciate  the  power  in  sloping  shoulders  and  a  compara- 
tively narrow  chest  and  trunk.  It  was  only  after  Colton  out- 
ran and  outjumped  all  rivals  that  we  put  the  tape  round  him 
and  learned  that  cubic  capacity  is  quite  consistent  with  a 
symmetrical  and  almost  slender  look. 

I  met  Colton  at  the  Bi-centennial,  and  it  was  good  to  hear 
him  say  he  never  felt  more  vigorous  than  now  that  he  has 


216  Class  of  Sixty 

graduate  sons  to  bless  him.  Johnson,  except  for  ten  or  twenty- 
pounds  and  gray  hair,  looked  as  fit  to  step  into  a  racing  shell 
as  ever.  So  also  did  Rev.  Samuel  Dunham,  of  Binghamton, 
N.  Y.,  who  pulled  in  two  or  three  of  the  Varuna' s  minor  races 
with  all  the  skill  and  determination  of  the  best,  and  only  failed 
of  a  place  in  all  the  races  by  an  inch  or  two  of  stature.  His 
wedding  cards  are  on  my  table  as  I  write,  and  are  of  this 
year's  date,  1902. 

My  reluctant,  unequal  pen  has  been  putting  off  mention 
of  Henry  Ward  Camp,  major  of  the  terrible  Tenth  Connecticut, 
"  the  knightly  soldier  "  of  Rev.  Henry  Clay  Trumbull's  and 
Rev.  Joseph  H.  Twichell's  beautiful  biography,  and  the 
named  ideal  of  the  dead  hero  in  the  memorial  oration  to 
Yale's  martyrs,  of  Horace  Bushnell,  D.D.  His  portrait  in  oil 
hangs  among  those  of  Yale's  most  dear  and  honored. 

There  is  a  fascination  about  so  clear  and  flawless  a  character 
as  Camp's,  which  draws  to  it  and  its  delineation  that  which 
is  best  in  those  about  him  or  who  write  about  him,  so  that 
the  chief  beauty  of  those  sketches  by  those  chosen  Christian 
leaders,  whom  I  knew  only  less  well  than  Camp,  is  in  the 
look  one  gets  into  the  characters  of  Trumbull  and  Twichell 
and  Bushnell  as  they  talk  about  him,  and  wisely  let  his  own 
letters  speak  for  him. 

When  in  one  race  I  had  drawn  first  choice  of  position,  and 
had  chosen  the  outside  because  it  was  to  windward,  and  at 
the  start  had  headed  the  boat  so  sharply  into  the  wind  and 
tide,  which  set  strong  across  the  course,  that  the  crew  thought 
it  absurd,  and  I  would  listen  to  no  remonstrance,  Camp  was 
hopeless,  but  all  he  said  was:  "  If  we  have  four  miles  to  row 
instead  of  three,  it's  time  we  were  about  it  ";  and  for  a  few 
lengths  I  had  all  I  could  do  to  hold  down  the  crew  from  expend- 
ing too  much  force  at  the  start. 

Camp  had  a  theory  in  which  he  did  not  stand  alone,  that 
training  was  a  mistake,  certainly  if  weight  were  lessened; 
that  so  much  of  power  on  the  oar  was  lost,  and  that :  "  as  for 
wind,  a  man  of  determination  enough  could  pull  two  miles  or 
so  after  his  wind  was  gone."  As  the  time  in  practice  im- 
proved, even  with  reduced  weight,  he  was  too  honest  a 
reasoner  not  to  concede  the  point ;  but  probably  he  was  half 
right,  the  Varuna  and  the    Yale  of  '59  were  drawn  too  fine. 

To  detail  the  training  and  practice  of  the  Varuna  would 


Boating  Days  of  Sixty  217 

be  tedious,  and  would,  perhaps,  tax  memory  too  far  for 
accuracy.  The  table  fare  was  very  like  the  present,  save  that 
vegetables  and  liquids,  even  water,  were  more  scanted,  and 
cereals  were  in  less  variety  and  very  inferior;  it  was  a  memora- 
ble privation  that  oatmeal,  quite  sweet  and  fresh,  was  some- 
times not  procurable.  Fruits,  especially  at  breakfast,  were 
permitted  in  fair  variety  and  almost  plentifully.  Every  Yale 
athlete,  and  probably  in  some  degree  every  athlete,  who  has 
gone  to  a  training  table  in  the  last  forty  years,  owes  a  debt 
of  gratitude  to  Jonathan  Knight,  M.D.,  professor  of  surgery, 
etc.,  and  to  Eli  Ives,  M.D.,  professor  of  materia  medica  and 
therapeutics,  emeritus,  neither  of  whom  ever  scorned  a  con- 
sultation with  a  bewildered  coach,  or  would  take  a  fee  for 
advice  as  to  the  hygiene  of  a  crew.  Both  professed  the 
utmost  interest  in  methods  and  results,  grudged  no  time  in 
considering  weights,  temperatures,  or  lassitude,  pledged 
their  professional  reputation  on  the  recognition  of  constipa- 
tion as  the  umpire  which  must  always  overrule  too  stimulating 
diet ;  and  laughed  with  bitter  irony  at  the  preference  of  sulphur 
and  molasses  to  the  strawberry  or  the  banana.  Both  had 
gardens  and  had  critical  knowledge  of  quality  in  fruits,  and 
the  need  of  freshness,  even  beyond  the  need  of  ripeness. 

William  Plumb  Bacon,  of  New  Haven,  and  Samuel  Davis 
Page,  of  Philadelphia,  were  not  so  overweighted  by  the  title 
of  commodore  as  to  have  been  disqualified  for  great  successes 
as  commissaries,  and  training  was  much  mitigated  and 
assisted  by  their  judicious  marketing,  as  well  as  the  styles 
of  rowing  subjected  to  their  constant  criticism.  Lyman  B. 
Bunnell,  long  respected  at  the  New  York  bar,  was  gymnastic 
instructor  in  '59,  and  much  was  due  to  his  kind  assistance. 

Camp  had  not  the  money  to  spend  on  boat  fees,  was  unwill- 
ing to  ask  his  father,  a  minister,  for  more,  and  thought  it 
wrong  to  borrow.  Bunnell  took  him  home  for  the  vacation 
to  Burlington,  Conn.,  where  Camp  "  accepted  a  position  " 
(I  am  glad  to  say  that  in  those  days  we  said  "  got  a  job  " ) 
in  the  hayfield,  and  earned  enough  to  pay  his  own  way,  and 
subscribe  to  the  navy  funds. 

The  training  of  the  Varuna  and  of  the  Yale  crew  of  1859 
was  severer  than  that  of  later  crews. 

The  Varunas  held  the  champion  flag  for  two  years,  and  in 
the  autumn  of  1859,  after  four  of  her  crew  had  rowed  in  the 


218  Class  of  Sixty 

Yale,  notified  the  commodore  that  they  would  no  longer 
contest  the  championship  —  it  being  evident  that  competition 
could  be  expected  only  with  Varuna  barred.  The  flag  was 
less  than  a  yard  of  dark  blue  bunting  on  a  green  staff,  bearing 
the  white  letters,  "  Pioneer  Yale  No.  i."  It  was  presented 
to  the  Yale  navy  on  Wednesday,  May  26,  1858,  as  "  the  first 
ever  hoisted  over  a  Yale  boat,"  by  the  captain  of  the  Pioneer, 
1844,  William  J.  Weeks,  of  Yaphank,  L.  I.;  and  by  Article 
V  of  the  constitution  of  the  Yale  navy  it  was  to  be  "  offered 
at  each  annual  regatta  as  a  champion  flag,  and  to  be  subject 
to  challenge  throughout  the  boating  season  on  a  notice  of 
four  weeks." 

When  four  Varuna  men  went  to  Lake  Quinsigamond,  at 
Worcester,  on  the  Yale,  in  '59,  the  flag  hung  in  Johnson's 
room,  a  trophy  held  in  trust  for  the  navy.  When  they 
returned  for  Commencement  it  had  been  removed.  No  one 
of  the  Varuna  crew  knew  of,  or  approved  of,  its  removal, 
or  has  ever  regarded  its  continued  detention  from  the  Yale 
navy's  custody  without  indignation. 

During  two  boating  seasons  the  Varuna,  holding  the  cham- 
pionship, was  compelled  to  keep  a  crew  in  condition  to  race 
within  four  weeks.  The  training  was  almost  identical  with 
that  of  the  Yale  '59, —  a  run  before  breakfast  out  "Tutor's 
lane  "  and  back,  pulling  weights  in  the  gymnasium  at  noon, 
a  row,  generally  over  the  full  course,  in  the  evening. 

There  has  been  a  legend  readily  adopted  by  lovers  of 
antithesis,  who  liked  a  contrast  for  the  orderly  management 
of  modern  athletics,  that  "  there  were  giants  in  those  days," 
and  that  the  1859  crew  made  one  tally  by  its  overwhelming 
brawn.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  winning  crews  of  that  date 
were  not  large  men. 

The  average  height  of  the  Yale  crew  in  1859  and  the  Varunas 
was  about  five  feet,  nine  inches. 

I  take  from  a  memorandum  the  following  weights,  in 
pounds : 

Varuna:  Colton/145;  Johnson,  150;  Freeman,  145;*  Owen, 
140. 

*  The  crew  was  made  up  by  adding  Horace  L.  Fairchild,  of  Bridge- 
port, and  Henry  W.  Camp,  of  Hartford,  each  about  one  hundred  and 
fifty-five  pounds. 

Freeman  alternated  with  Robert  N.  Willson,  Philadelphia,  and 
Clarence  L.  Dutton,  New  Haven. 


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Wenona:  Richards,  156;  Eaton,  145;  Park,  160;  Clay, 
175;   Marsh,  170;   Russell,  150;  total,  956. 

The  average  weight  of  the  Yale  crew  of  1859  was  one  hun- 
dred and  forty-eight.  The  men  were  probably  larger  and 
more  muscular  than  the  weight  would  indicate  to-day,  as  the 
crews  were  then  too  fine. 

When  the  Harvard  and  Yale  met  at  Worcester,  both  crews 
had  had  more  work  than  is  now  approved.  The  Harvard 
had  beaten  the  best  professional  talent  of  the  country  in  the 
Boston  races  on  the  4th  of  July.  The  Varuna  men  had 
trained  for,  rowed  and  won,  a  championship  race  June  8; 
had  rowed  and  lost  an  open  race  for  six-oared  boats  at  New 
London,  July  4,  their  gunwale  broken  in  two  places  in  a 
southeaster  (time,  22  min.  28  sec),  and  another  for  four-oared 
boats  on  the  same  day,  July  4,  four  men  pulling  the  six-oar 
boat ;  and  had  won  a  championship  race  in  New  Haven  July  5, 
defeating  the  Olympia,  and  the  Atalanta  manned  by  a  picked 
crew  in  which  were  Joseph  H.  Twichell  and  Charles  T. 
Stanton,  stroke  (time,  22  min.  26  sec).  The  New  London  race 
is  worth  some  description  as  the  only  one  in  which  the  Varuna 
ever  suffered  a  defeat,  and  probably  the  only  one  of  the  kind 
ever  rowed.  The  start  was  from  near  the  west  ferry-land- 
ing. The  course  was  around  a  stake  boat  near  Fort  Pequot, 
around  another  stake  boat  near  the  Groton  shore  and  return. 
This  made  the  turns  to  port  and  favored  the  boats  of  our  com- 
petitors which  were  new  and  rigged  in  the  new  fashion,  stroke 
on  port  side.  Their  boats  were  manned  by  an  admirable  set 
of  whalers  and  fishermen  from  all  along  shore.  These  new 
boats  were  not  so  long  as  the  Varuna,  nor  probably  so  fast, 
but  scientifically  planned  and  built  for  speed  in  the  weather 
they  were  expected  to  encounter  and  the  stalwart  crews  they 
were  to  float,  by  the  same  talent  which  was,  at  this  period, 
building  the  New  York  Yacht  Club  winners.  The  Varuna 
did  better  than  hold  her  own  for  the  first  mile,  with  the  ebb 
tide  and  in  a  stiff  chop,  against  a  strong  southerly  blow;  but 
at  the  turn,  our  port  gunwale  broke  across  in  two  places  at  the 
waist  outrigger ;  five  oars  could  not  keep  up  to  the  weatherly 
and  well-handled  boats  of  our  rivals,  and  the  Pequot  won  in 
22  min.  28  sec;  Varuna  fifth,  in  24  min.  27  sec.  An  elegant 
method  of  turning  the  stake  boats  was  developed  in  this  race 
which  does  not  seem  to  have  met  with  favor  in  later  days,  but 


220  Class  of  Sixty 

is  deserving  of  a  record.  Port  oars  in  the  racing  boat  were 
trailed;  the  stroke  locked  hands  with  a  friend  in  the  stake 
boat,  and  the  turn  was  made  closer  and  quicker  than  the 
Harvard's  splendid  swoop  around  the  stake  at  Quinsigamond, 
comparable  only  to  a  swallow's.  We  were  advised  to  pro- 
test the  decision,  but,  as  our  broken  boat  had  defeated 
us  in  any  case,  we  offered  the  Pequot,  the  winning  boat, 
fifty  dollars  for  expenses,  to  come  to  New  Haven,  and 
row  for  prizes  offered  by  the  city  on  the  following  day. 
This  was  declined,  but  the  best  of  feeling  was  established 
for  Yale  in  New  London,  as  appeared  a  few  days  later 
in  Worcester,  and  has  been  maintained  for  almost  half  a 
century. 

The  Varuna  crew  was  obliged  to  take  care  of  its  boat  on 
two  platform  cars  on  the  return  trip  to  New  Haven,  that 
evening ;  and  the  next  day  rowed  for  the  city  prizes  and  the 
championship.  Against  them  were  entered  the  Sheffield 
Scientific  School  Olympia,  eight  oars,  which,  by  agreement, 
gave  no  handicap,  and  the  six-oar  Atalanta,  '  61.  The 
Atalanta  crew  had  been  allowed,  by  consent  of  all  con- 
testants, to  take  on  any  men  from  all  college,  except 
Varunas,  to  contest  this  championship  race  and  to  pull  for 
4th  of  July  prizes  in  Middletown,  — where  they  defeated  the 
Olympia,  and  the  Atalanta,  of  Hartford,  in  23  min.  10  sec, — 
but  they  were  all  1861  men,  except  Joseph  H.  Twichell,  '59. 
Charles  T.  Stanton,  Stonington,  Conn.,  was  stroke. 

The  Atalanta  '61  was  newer  and  faster  than  the  Varuna, 
which  was  a  little  hogged  from  her  New  London  accident ;  and 
the  Varuna  crew  felt  that  they  had  their  work  cut  out.  The 
Atalanta' s  work  becoming  a  trifle  ragged,  overboard  went  one 
of  her  oars.  The  Varuna  stopped,  backed  water,  and  hailed, 
"  Pickup  your  oar  and  come  on."  But  the  Atalanta  drew  out, 
gave  what  passed  for  a  cheer,  and  called  back,  "Go  on  or 
you  won't  catch  the  Olympia"  We  did,  however,  and 
finished  the  mile  and  a  half  and  repeat,  —  Varuna,  22  min.  26 
sec,  Olympia,  23  min.  35  sec. 

This  was  the  last  race  of  the  Varuna  as  a  contestant  for  col- 
lege honors,  and  established  beyond  cavil  her  title  to  the  Yale 
championship,  whatever  her  place  among  whalers  in  a  blow. 
Her  almost  uniform  success  was  due  to  thorough  and  faithful 
training  and,  what  I  do  not  hesitate  to  pronounce,  after  seeing 


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contests  at  Springfield,  Saratoga,  New  London,  on  the  Harlem, 
the  Isis,  and  at  Putney,  scientific  rowing.  Her  time,  22  min. 
6  sec,  was  not  what  she  could  have  made  if  pushed  to  the 
finish,  but  was  good  for  the  class  of  boats  and  the  tide  rips  of 
New  Haven  Bay,  which  met  more  wash  from  its  open  entrance 
before  the  breakwater  was  built.  Also  one  and  one-half 
miles  and  repeat  is  quite  different  from  three  miles  straight 
away,  for  the  same  boat.  No  boat  ever  made  a  perfectly 
straight  course  to  a  stake  boat  at  a  mile  and  a  half,  in  choppy 
water  and  a  varying  cross  tide. 

In  the  race  in  which  Varuna  made  22  min.  6  sec,  the 
Yale  or  Harvard,  of  '59,  would  have  gone  to  pieces  in  the 
first  mile;  in  an  eight  of  present-day  contests,  much  sooner. 

The  length  of  swing  or  stroke  was  not  complicated  then  with 
any  question  of  length  of  slide,  though  there  was  a  free  use 
of  the  leg,  in  the  last  position  of  the  leap,  in  which  its  strength 
is  greatest.  The  men  were  made  to  stand  on  a  flat  floor,  and, 
with  knees  rigid,  touch  the  fingers  as  far  in  front  of  the  toes 
as  possible;  on  the  recover  swinging  back  and  drawing  the 
hands  to  the  ribs.  Then  the  men  took  their  places  in  the 
boat  without  oars  and  without  straps  on  the  footboards;  the 
length  of  swing  possible  with  easy  recover  rectified  errors,  and 
the  length  of  stroke  was  determined.  The  full  power  of  an 
easy  back-swing  remains  a  constant  quantity  in  all  rowing 
problems,  however  complicated  with  slide,  and  Yale  cannot 
defeat  Oxford  and  ignore  it. 

Our  oars  were  straight  spruce,  twelve  and  a  half  to  thirteen 
feet  long,  in  the  waist,  and  were  sometimes  balanced  or 
loaded  inboard,  with  a  pound  or  more  of  lead  driven  into  an 
auger  hole  bored  into  the  center  of  the  end  of  the  loom. 

The  races  commenced  with  a  recover  from  an  easy  sitting 
position,  an  instantaneous  catch,  and  a  half-stroke.  The 
second  stroke  and  the  rest  were  as  long  as  could  be  easily 
recovered  from,  without  lift  on  the  oar  or  foot  straps,  the 
legs  and  back  straightening  together,  and  the  arms  finishing, 
though  all  the  movements  were  almost  simultaneous;  then 
an  accelerated  recover,  to  insure  against  loss  of  time  in  a 
cramped  position,  and  an  instantaneous  catch  to  hold  the 
boat  from  any  dip  at  the  recover  point.  Already  somebody 
had  made  the  phrase  "the  victorious  Varuna  catch."  The 
full  power  or  stress  was  not,  however,  so  quickly  put  on  as  the 


222  Class  of  Sixty 

catch.  The  back-swing  took  the  catch,  and  the  almost  simul- 
taneous thrust  of  legs,  back,  and  arms  against  the  footboard 
came  as  the  oar  was  at  right  angles  to  the  line  of  the  kelson. 

Stanton  and  Twichell  with  four  Varunas*  had  gone  into 
the  Atalanta,  now  the  Yale.  There  was  no  considerable  change 
from  the  Varuna  stroke,  which  had  been  36  to  40,  though  the 
count  was  not  much  regarded  and  the  principal  attention 
was  paid  to  maintaining  uniformity  and  length  of  swing  in 
line  with  the  boat  and  at  whatever  pace.  When  the  new  shell 
came,  three  days  before  the  race,  it  was  rigged  for  a  coxswain, 
and,  instead  of  with  twelve  and  a  half  and  thirteen  foot  oars, 
with  what  Stanton  at  once  denounced  as  "  tooth-picks," 
spoons  ten  and  one-half  feet  long,  and  identical  with  the 
sculls,  of  which,  in  1870,  Walter  Brown  pulled  a  pair. 

If  will-power  develop  additional  energy  in  the  drag  at  the 
loom,  if  superior  training  has  given  more  endurance,  if 
experience  has  given  a  veteran  crew  nerve  to  withstand  the 
temptation  to  sacrifice  more  for  the  lead  at  the  start  than  it  is 
worth,  that  crew  will  win,  and  very  probably,  if  necessary,  in 
better  time  —  relative,  of  course,  to  weather  and  tide  conditions 
—  than  its  practice  time;  and  just  as  probably  it  will  have 
averaged  from  start  to  finish  a  stroke  or  two  more  per  minute, 
but  not  by  any  other  variation  of  stroke  than  increase  of  power. 
When  there  is  so  long  studied  and  well-perfected  system  as  in 
the  boats  of  to-day,  differences  are  nearly  eliminated  and  are 
difficult  of  recognition.  What  makes  the  Varuna  an  invalua- 
ble study  is  that  the  differences  were  so  obvious  that  the 
1859  races  afforded  a  final  solution  of  the  so-called  quick- 
stroke  problem;  or  rather  an  absolute  proof  that  there  is  no 
such  problem:  and  that  the  number  of  strokes  per  minute  is 
purely  a  result  from  the  real  factors. 

Stanton  and  Twichell  added  something  to  the  quality  of 
the  Varuna,  certainly  with  spoon  oars  and  in  a  shell. 
Stanton  was  as  powerful  as  any  of  his  weight,  and  was  equally 
with  the  Varunas  a  veteran  oar,  and  in  almost  the  same  condi- 
tions. Twichell  was  far  from  a  veteran,  but  was  as  con- 
scientious and  powerful  as  Camp,  as  lithe  as  Colton,  the 
largest  man  of  the  crew,  and  the  pick  of  college  to  fill  the  crew 
of  1 86 1  when  the  Varuna  had  taken  the  championship  against 

"  all  college." 

*  Johnson,  Camp,  Colton,  and  Owen;  Hezekiah  Watkins,  coxswain. 


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But  the  new  boat  gave  us  only  three  days  for  practice  at 
Worcester,  and  that  not  uninterrupted,  for  we  pulled  off  five 
pot -metal  rowlocks,  and  had  to  have  them  replaced  while 
we  waited.  The  stroke  was  on  port  side,  so,  as  it  was  regarded 
too  late  to  shift  over,  Stanton  cordially  took  his  place  behind 
Johnson  who  became  stroke  by  the  change,  the  crew  was  all 
the  more  Varuna  behind  a  Varuna  stroke,  and  went  on 
rowing  in  the  Yale  shell  their  old  well-studied,  second-nature, 
Varuna  stroke. 

Wat  kins  was  worth  his  weight  in  gold.  We  all  knew  that 
in  a  day.  But  gold,  or  radium,  is  not  worth  its  weight  in  a 
racing  six-oar,  and  I  had  doubted  whether  spoons  and  shell 
would  make  up  for  over-weight  sufficiently  to  give  us  better 
speed  than  in  the  Varuna  lapstreak.  The  time,  however,  of 
the  first  half  mile  in  which  we  managed  to  keep  right  side  up, 
showed  my  error.  The  Yale,  with  Stanton  and  Twichell  to 
reinforce  us,  was  carrying  Watkins's  brains  and  going  faster 
than  the  best  record  the  Varuna  had  laid  up  in  her  archives. 
But  the  Yale  shell  was  getting  away  from  the  stroke  faster  than 
the  Varuna  or  the  Atalanta  had;  44  would  not  do  the  work 
and  48  had  to.  As  Stanton  said,  "  After  you've  pulled  your 
oar  through,  if  you're  going  any  further,  you  put  it  in  again." 

At  Worcester  it  was  thought  very  handsome  in  Harvard 
to  have  furnished  two  entries.  It  certainly  proved  to  be 
benevolent  in  them  to  enter  the  Avon  lapstreak  for  stable 
companion,  and  put  two  to  one  on  her. 

The  fleet  foot  of  Calydon  came  again  to  the  line.  This 
time  the  Atalanta  was  entered  by  Brown.  Apples  must  have 
been  swimming  in  Quinsigamond  that  day,  for  Brown  was  last. 

We  got  the  word  at  4.30  o'clock  p.m.,  July  26,  the  four  boats 
starting  well  together,  the  broader  floor  of  the  lapstreak 
Avon  giving  her  the  advantage  of  a  half  length.  No  four 
boats,  nor  two,  can  pull  from  a  line  with  the  object  of  turning 
a  stake,  without  a  tendency  of  their  lines  of  flight  to  converge. 
The  Harvard  and  the  Avon,  one  on  each  side  of  us,  developed 
that  tendency;  they  did  converge,  and  it  was  necessary  to 
drop  behind  the  Avon  and  come  up  outside  of  her;  so  the  time, 
Harvard,  19  min.  18  sec;  Yale,  20  min.  18  sec;  Avon,  21 
min.  13  sec;  Brown,  24  min.  40  sec,  is  not  of  the  best  value 
for  comparisons  except  that  the  Harvard's  19  min.  18  sec 
was  the  record  professional  time. 


224  Class  of  Sixty 

So  much  as  this  had  been  done:  i  min.  48  sec.  had  been 
taken  off  Yale's  record  for  one  and  one-half  miles  and  repeat; 
for  the  first  time  a  Yale  boat  had  defeated  a  Harvard  boat, 
the  Avon. 

The  next  day,  the  27th,  the  city  of  Worcester  offered 
handsome  prizes  in  gold  coin,  open  to  all  six-oared  boats. 
One  hundred  to  five  was  offered  "  on  the  Harvard  against 
the  field  ";  but  most  of  the  betting  was  that  the  Harvards, 
who  had  never  been  pressed  at  the  finish  and  were  now 
wanting  a  final  record  to  inscribe  on  their  shell  before  hanging 
it  up  for  a  trophy,  would  beat  the  Yale  on  the  second  day 
more  than  a  minute.  They  would  now  show  their  speed. 
One  hundred  to  five,  accidents  not  barred,  is  not  betting  odds; 
later  in  the  day  the  Yale  navy  was  out  of  debt,  and  the  Yale 
crew  accused  of  showing  their  pace  "  only  when  the  money 
said  so." 

The  start  was  at  2.22  p.m.,  21  hr.  52  min.  since  the  start  of 
the  day  before.  It  was  said  that  the  Harvard  was  hindered 
by  rough  water.  There  was  breeze  enough  to  give  good 
breathing  air,  of  which  Yale  was  soon  in  sore  need;  but  the 
ripple  was  nothing  to  New  Haven  cracks,  even  in  a  new  shell. 
Harvard  was  heavily  handicapped  none  the  less,  —  by  the 
betting.  Yale  persistently  lapped  her  quarter.  Where  was 
the  minute  and  more  of  lead  to  come  from,  needed  to  win  the 
Harvard  bets?  On  the  26th  the  Yale  had  rowed  against  two 
Harvard  boats.  On  the  27th  Harvard  was  rowing  against 
the  Yale  and  against  time;  six  Yale  men  were  pulling  their 
six  sculls  through  the  lake  faster  and  faster,  and  their  powerful 
stroke  driving  the  sharp  boat  faster  and  faster,  until  after  a 
slight  foul  at  the  half  mile  of  which  both  steersmen  agreed  to 
take  no  advantage,  the   Yale  led  to  the  stake  boat. 

I  think  it  was  on  that  second  and  third  half  mile  the  race 
was  won  and  lost.  Every  oarsman  knows  at  how  great  a 
strain  the  top  speed  of  a  spurt  is  attained,  and  how  much 
less  a  crew  is  being  pumped  which  responds  barely  enough  to 
hold  its  own.  In  a  turn  race  the  leader  has  the  advantage 
that  a  following  boat  must  regain  the  lead,  wait  for  the 
leader  at  the  turn,  or  take  the  longer  course  outside  of  her. 
In  meeting  the  fierce  dashes  of  the  Harvard's  attempts  to 
pass  us,  just  foiling  them  and  no  more,  Johnson  and  Stanton 
were  perfect.      Once  a  Varuna  man  was  heard  in  approval, 


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"  Hold  them  there,  Jack!  "  (Jack  was  boating  sobriquet  for 
Johnson.)  Then  the  Yale,  with  no  oars  fit  to  steady  her, 
splashed  round  the  stake  with  a  clumsy  turn  like  that  of  a 
raft  log.  The  Harvard  forty-foot  pine  shell,  sharply  careen- 
ing to  port,  her  port  oars  holding  hard,  flew  round  like  a  bird, 
the  most  beautiful  thing  I  ever  saw  on  the  water,  or  above  it, 
hawk,  swallow,  or  cup-defender,  and  was  again  in  the  lead 
and  kept  the  lead,  although  most  of  the  way  we  lapped  her, 
until  the  roars  of  the  grand  stand  were  abeam. 

Our  eloquent  coxswain  had  been  adjuring  the  crew  all  the 
way,  in  a  race  which  is  one  of  the  three  or  four  boat  races  in 
fifty  years  which  could  not  have  been  mistaken  for  a  proces- 
sion. Two  Harvard  men  were  meeting  their  oars  as  the  last 
half  mile  opened.  Our  stroke  was  perceptibly  flagging. 
Nobody  could  know  how  much  that  savage  48,  50  had  taken 
out  of  us.  "  Jack,  one  spurt  would  do  it."  He  only  shook 
his  head.  I  felt  my  hands  try  to  loosen  their  grip  of  the  oar 
loom;  the  chance  was  there,  but  we  could  not  grasp  it. 

It  seems  our  grand  stroke  had  been  figuring  to  himself, 
and  by  not  too  narrow  a  margin.  The  Harvard  enthusiasts 
had  proclaimed  that  their  boat  had  always  drawn  away  at 
the  end;  that  no  rival  crew  could  stand  a  Harvard  finish. 
He  had  sworn  to  himself  that  Yale  grit  should  stay  to  the  end. 
How  often,  and  how  nearly  impossibly,  has  it  done  that 
since!     And  how  often  because  it  did  so  then? 

The  benches  were  Jack's  limit ;  from  there  to  the  line  the 
crew  must  hold  all  he  could  set  for  them. 

The  rest  was  dramatic.  Harvard  had  come  down  the 
middle  of  Lake  Quinsigamond  after  her  beautiful  turn,  in 
full  view,  her  red  turbans  flashing  in  the  sun;  and  cheers 
for  her  had  been  ringing  clear  all  the  way.  Yale's  wide 
turn  had  brought  her  close  in  the  lee  of  the  shore,  where 
Watkins  wisely  held  her,  and  where  her  light  blue  (Yale  blue 
was  then  as  light  as  lavender )  was  not  easily  seen  across  the 
blue  water.  Later  a  wooded  promontory  shut  her  from  view. 
With  the  shouts  of  "  Harvard!  Harvard!  "  there  were  anxious 
cries  of  "  Where  is  Yale?  "  As  our  rudder  slipped  past  the 
promontory,  our  stem  was  at  the  grand  stand.  Yale  had 
sprung  into  sight  and  was  lapped  on  the  leader. 

Then  a  chasm  opened  in  the  atmosphere.  Shouting  took  the 
air,  so  we  had  almost  none  to  breathe.     Jack's  face  half  turned 


226  Class  of  Sixty 

toward  us.  As  I  saw  the  set  of  it  I  knew  it  was  our  race. 
He  called  his  crew  himself.  His  word  was  "  Shake  her!  " 
It  was  correct.  The  50  strokes  which  had  fallen  to  48  and 
46,  went  to  56,  58,  60,  and  had  the  vice  with  which  a  terrier 
shakes  a  rat.  Yale  shot  in,  for  the  first  time  a  winner  over 
the  Harvard,  in  Yale,  19  min.  14  sec;  Harvard,  19  min.  16 
sec.  The  record  was  broken  again.  This  time  we  held  it. 
Harvard  had  lowered  her  own  record  of  the  day  before,  which 
was  also  the  professional  record,  by  two  seconds.  Yale  had 
beaten  her  own  time  of  the  day  before  on  the  course  around 
the  Avon  by  sixty-four  seconds,  taken  four  seconds  from  the 
professional  record,  and  lowered  the  Yale  record  made  against 
outside  clubs  (that  of  the  Atalanta  at  Middletown,  July  4, 
1859,  23  min.  10  sec.)  three  minutes  and  fifty-six  seconds. 

As  we  did  the  correct  thing,  exchanging  cheers  and  rowing 
past  the  grand  stand,  the  Harvards  tore  off  their  red  turbans 
and  threw  them  into  the  lake.  The  command  to  the  Yale 
crew  was,  "  Try  to  look  as  though  you  were  in  the  habit  of 
doing  this  every  day!" 

Just  then  I  recognized  two  Yale  graduates,  local  clergymen 
in  their  "  blacks,"  up  to  their  armpits  in  the  water,  baptizing 
each  other  with  their  silk  hats.  They  had  visited  us  on  the 
25th,  to  inquire  if  it  would  help  us  any  to  know  that  they 
were  praying  for  us,  and  had  been  saddened  to  know  that  we 
feared  we  were  past  praying  for.  I  asked  one  of  them,  "  Is 
this  the  way  you  receive  an  answer  —  "  but  before  I  could  say 
"  to  prayer?  "  a  flipper  was  on  my  shoulder,  another  at  my 
waist,  my  legs  described  a  celestial  parabola,  and  I  found 
myself  seated  on  the  neck  of  the  bowsman  of  the  New  London 
Pequot  (weight,  two  hundred  and  eight ;  they  put  a  heavy  man 
in  the  bow  whaleman  fashion,  a  harpooner ) .  Those  whalemen 
came  near  pulling  our  arms  off,  and  begged  for  information: 
"  Why  in  hell  didn't  you  boys  pull  like  that  in  New  London?  " 
When  they  came  to  look  our  boat  over  they  saw  it  would  not 
have  floated  us  ten  rods  on  the  tide  rips  of  New  London  Harbor 
in  the  blow  of  July  4. 

All  this  was  not  very  much,  by  modern  standards  of  speed. 
Harvard  had  fairly  won  the  flags ;    and  we  held  no  trophy. 

But  we  had  in  a  sensational  finish  put  Yale  first  and  given 
her  the  record  "  for  all  comers  "  to  that  date.  And  that 
quick  stroke?     Sam  Woodruff,  the  Brown  captain,  with  a 


Boating  Days  of  Sixty  227 

stop  watch,  gave  me  the  figures;  it  was  my  business  to  get 
them  right  for  the  Yale  Lit ;  at  the  finish  line  the  count  was 
at  the  rate  of  an  even  60.  It  was  not  flurry  nor  excitement 
nor  a  short  swing.  I  knew  then,  as  I  know  now  (it  had  been 
my  especial  business  to  know  for  three  years  in  the  Varuna), 
that  the  stroke  never  was  pulled  through  with  fuller  leg-drive, 
back-swing,  and  arm-finish,  never  with  more  vim,  than  at  that 
grotesque  stroke  (of  one  per  second)  of  the  finish  at  Quinsiga- 
mond  in  1859;  and  its  value  ought  not  to  be  lost  as  a 
lesson,  made  possible  by  the  absurd  blunder  of  a  boat  builder, 
that  the  number  of  strokes  per  minute  is  a  result  and  not  a  factor 
in  a  boating  problem.  With  the  mechanics  of  the  boats  and 
oars  so  nearly  a  fixed  quantity  as  now,  the  only  varying  quan- 
tity is  the  conformation  of  the  men. 

Another  patent  lesson  from  1859  is  that  a  formal  cham- 
pionship race,  June  8,  —  there  were  also  informal  races,  —  a 
double  defeat  in  New  London,  July  4,  a  championship  race 
the  next  day,  July  5,  a  hard  race  in  new  and  intolerable  con- 
ditions of  short  oars  and  a  coxswain  to  carry,  on  July  26, 
did  not  incapacitate  the  Varuna  men,  nor  Stanton  and 
Twichell,  who  had  done  much  the  like,  from  going  through 
as  fierce  a  struggle  from  start  to  finish  as  has  yet  been  seen, 
successfully  and  unharmed,  on  the  27th.  When  that  lesson 
is  taken  to  heart,  dual  league  processions  will  give  place  to 
intercollegiate  meets  again,  with  trial  heats  and  finals  worth 
going  across  a  continent  to  see. 

It  remains  to  be  credited  to  the  Varuna  and  the  1859  crew 
that,  with  the  kind  attention  and  testimony  of  Drs.  Knight, 
Ives,  and  Townsend,  they  won  over  the  faculty  to  more  than 
a  tolerance  of  athletics,  and  in  great  part,  no  doubt,  by  the 
fact  that  the  1859  crew  carried  one  Greek  oration  (philosophi- 
cal), one  oration,  two  disputes,  two  Townsends  and  the 
chairmanship  of  the  Yale  Lit  Board;  or  by  other  ratings, 
before  another  college  course  could  begin  and  end,  two  staff 
captains,  one  division  chaplain,  one  division  surgeon,  one 
major,  one  lieutenant -colonel,  one  colonel. 

The  veteran  character  of  the  crew  was  of  unquestionable 
value.  There  is  question  whether  Oxford  oars  have  not  an 
advantage  from  their  experience  in  many  "bumps  "  as  well 
as  in  their  back  swing. 

It  would  be  pleasant  for  the  men  (of  one  hundred  and  forty- 


228  Class  of  Sixty 

eight  pounds  average  weight)  who  in  twenty-three  days 
reduced  Yale's  rowing  record  four  minutes,  to  have  it  remem- 
bered that  they  were  neither  giants  nor  fools,  nor  favored  by 
a  lucky  fluke.  It  is  of  more  consequence,  however,  that  it 
be  remembered  that  successes  never  are  won  by  fools  or  flukes, 
or  twenty-minute  grit,  but  by  the  honest,  persistent,  hard 
work  of  months  and  years,  and  the  application  of  the  best 
science  the  day  has  developed.  —  Charles  Hunter  Owen, 
Hartford,  Conn. 


Stray  Leaves  from  a  Lost  Diary 


New  Haven,  September  13,  1856.  As  I  was  coming  in  on 
the  train  this  morning,  two  fellows  came  in  a  few  miles  out. 
One  of  them  sat  down  by  me,  the  other,  in  front  of  me. 
11  Going  to  college  this  year?  "  said  one.  M  Don't  know," 
said  I;  "  am  headed  that  way."  "Oh,  haven't  passed  yet?  " 
"  Last  summer,"  said  I.  '  Then  why  don't  you  know?  " 
said  he.  u  Ever  traveled  on  the  Canal  road?  "  said  I.  "  Yes," 
said  he.  "  Then  why'd  you  ask  such  a  foolish  question?  " 
said  I.  "  You  want  to  go  into  the  best  society?  "  said  he. 
"  Don't  I  look's  though  I'd  always  gone  there?  "  said  I.  "Oh, 
yes,"  said  he;  "but  I  mean  college  society.  You  look  and 
talk  like  a  Brother  already."  "Well,  I  am,"  said  I;  "the 
oldest  in  the  family ;  have  always  had  to  set  a  good  example 
to  the  others.  You  know  how  that  is?  "  "I'd  like  to  talk 
about  your  becoming  a  Brother  in  Unity,"  said  he,  not 
noticing  my  question.  "  Is  she  pretty?  "  said  I.  "  Who?  " 
said  he.  "  Your  sister,"  said  I.  "  Who  said  anything  about 
my  sister?  "  "  You  said  you  wanted  to  talk  about  my  becom- 
ing a  brother."  "  A  Brother  in  Unity,"  said  he.  "  All  the 
smart,  good-looking  Freshmen  like  you  go  to  my  society," 
said  the  other  fellow,  breaking  into  the  talk.  "  The  Brothers 
get  the  rowdies,  the  low-stand  men.  They  lose  half  their 
members  from  college  before  the  year's  out."  "  Don't  you 
believe  a  word  he  says,"  said  the  Brother.  "  He's  a  Linonian, 
which  means  that  they  tell  every  lie  known.  Every  great 
man  that  ever  lived  has  belonged  to  the  Brothers,  way  back  to 
Plato,  Cicero,  and  Julius  Caesar,  down  to  Napoleon  and  the 
valedictorian  of  last  year."  "  Except  Alexander  the  Great, 
Shakespeare,  and  fellows  like  them,"  said  the  other.  "  They 
were  Linonians.  As  for  the  valedictory,  the  faculty's  bound 
by  the  constitution  of  Connecticut  to  give  it  to  a  Linonian." 

By  this  time  we  had  providentially  got  to  New  Haven  and 
when  they  left  me,  or  rather,  when  I  left  them,  each  of  them 
declared  I  was  pledged  to  him.  When  I  got  a  room,  I  flipped 
up  a  cent.     Heads,  Linonia;  tails,  Brothers.     It  came  heads. 

329 


230  Class  of  Sixty 

September  14.  Rose  at  five  this  morning,  still  dark. 
Linonian  told  me  to  be  at  chapel  early,  so's  to  avoid  the  crowd 
that  would  come  to  get  a  choice  of  seats  for  the  rest  of  the 
college  course,  up  near  the  pulpit;  first  come,  first  served,  or 
reserved,  rather,  is  the  rule,  and  the  four  earliest  were  ap- 
pointed college  class  deacons,  at  a  salary  of  ten  dollars  a 
week,  for  spending  money.  This  proved  to  be  a  mistake, 
as  Foules  and  Gaul  found  afterwards  when  they  applied. 
Found  two  fellows  ahead  of  me  on  the  chapel  steps.  As  I 
came  up,  one  of  them  rose  before  the  sun  did,  until  I  thought 
he'd  hit  his  head  against  the  eaves.  Said  his  name  was 
Finney.  Introduced  me  to  the  other  whose  name  was  Arnold. 
Finney  said  he  was  Benedict's  grandson.  But  the  other  said 
he  wasn't.  S'pose  he  knew  best,  but  it's  getting  hard  to 
know  what  to  believe.  The  Brother  told  me  to  commit  last 
year's  catalogue  by  heart,  as  I'd  have  to  pass  an  examination 
on  it  before  I  could  be  matriculated  or  vaccinated;  but  the 
Linonian  said  I'd  better  learn  the  tables  of  the  four  years' 
"  Course  of  Study,"  if  I  wanted  a  good  place  close  to  the 
tutor,  in  the  recitation  room. 

January  20,  1857.  Went  up  to  Linonia  Hall  to-day. 
Found  it  full,  and  a  lot  of  Freshmen  and  Sophs  undertaking 
to  tell  whether  or  not  a  lawyer  ought  to  defend  a  client  whom 
he  knows  to  be  guilty.  Found  my  name  on  the  program  and 
decided  to  give  a  few  hasty  views  I'd  been  "  dashing  off  " 
the  past  month.  Late  this  evening,  heard  I'd  got  a  prize. 
One  of  those  who  didn't  said  Prof.  Larned,  who  was  a  judge, 
gave  it  to  me  because  he  liked  a  joke  —  not  original,  at  that  — 
which  I  put  in  it.  Such  is  envy.  But  what  care  I  when  I've 
entered  a  career  like  Clay's  or  Daniel  Webster's? 

June  17,  1857.  Last  night  was  our  Freshman  powwow. 
Blew  tin  horns,  put  on  old  clothes  wrong  side  out,  stood  on 
the  statehouse  steps  and  bragged  about  things  we  hadn't 
done  and  of  what  we  probably  aren't  going  to  do  the  next 
three  years.  Sophomores  on  the  ground  jeered  and  yelled. 
Then  we  marched  round  town,  called  at  the  girls'  boarding 
schools,  because  Bob  Willson  and  Jack  Johnson  said  they 
knew  'em  all  and  carried  latchkeys,  and  the  girls  were  talking 
of  giving  us  a  spread.  But  the  only  thing  that  looked  any- 
thing like  a  spread  was  something  white  at  the  windows. 
Powwow  is  because  we're  glad  we've  got  through  Freshman 


Stray  Leaves  jrom    a  Lost  Diary  231 

year.  I  don't  know  why  we  should  be.  No  one  else  seems 
to  know  except  that  they  all  supposed  they  were  glad  because 
the  rest  were.  But  I  got  so  cold  tramping  around  with  noth- 
ing on  but  my  old  drawers  and  a  linen  coat,  that  I  didn't  think 
I  was  as  glad  as  I  thought  I  was. 

November  10,  1857.  Just  heard  of  Euclid's  death,  to-day. 
His  funeral  was  to-night.  As  none  of  his  family  were  in 
town  our  class  took  charge  of  the  services.  Was  asked  to 
make  a  few  remarks,  which  I  did.  Said  I  wasn't  very  well 
acquainted  with  the  deceased,  but  as  near's  I  could  remember 
that  whenever  I  saw  him  round  he  seemed  square ;  he  was 
likewise  plane  and  angular.  Always  had  a  some  sort  of  propo- 
sition to  offer ;  never  got  into  a  dispute ;  appeared  to  coincide 
with  everything  and  everybody,  and  so  amiable,  very  few 
things  were  apt  to  be  "  contrary  to  his  inclination."  The 
thing  I  heard  most  against  him  was  that  he  never  kept  a 
"  pony." 

These,  and  other  remarks,  were  received  with  laughter 
which  seemed  so  out  of  place  at  a  funeral  that  I  was  glad  even 
to  tramp  through  two  miles  of  mud,  lose  a  rubber  boot,  and 
out  to  a  grove,  where  we  buried  him  by  burning  him,  and 
singing  "  Massa's  in  the  cold,  cold  ground."  Just  the  same, 
it  was  a  striking  scene  with  the  flames  lighting  up  the  forest 
trees,  and  the  autumn  leaves,  and  the  faces  of  the  fellows; 
and  with  the  sounds  of  the  solemncholy  dirge  we  sang.  They 
say  he  has  more  lives  than  a  cat  and  will  turn  up  again  at 
biennial  examination  next  year.  Hope  I'll  know  him  better 
than  I  do  now;  for  you  can  "  skin  "  a  cat  and  you  can't  Euclid. 

September  27,  1858.  Statement  of  facts  to-day.  Johnston 
and  I  stated  them.  Didn't  waste  much  time  on  that ;  wanted 
to  get  at  our  orations.  We  had  to  tell  the  Freshmen  after 
they  had  all  joined  either  the  Brothers  or  Linonia,  what  a 
terrible  mistake  they  had  made  at  the  very  threshold  of  their 
college  careers,  by  joining  the  wrong  one.  They  would  regret 
it  all  the  rest  of  their  lives.  I  read  a  letter  from  John  C. 
Calhoun  to  a  friend  at  home,  when  he  was  in  college,  telling 
him  that  he  had  joined  Linonia.  It  was  a  very  good  letter 
of  its  kind,  for  I  wrote  it  myself,  and  dipped  it  in  coffee  to 
make  it  look  old.  Lent  it  to  Johnston  for  the  evening  meet- 
ing, and  he  added  a  postscript  saying  that  if  anybody  ever 
read  such  a  letter  from  him,  it  would  be  a  forgery.     I  remarked 


232  Class  of  Sixty 

that  only  a  Brother  in  Unity  would  pick  a  man's  pocket  of  a 
letter  and  add  a  post  script  to  it.  I  made  a  speech  that  would 
have  captured  all  the  Freshmen  for  Linonia  if  half  of  'em 
hadn't  already  joined  the  Brothers.  H.  E.  Barnes  was  so 
impressed  with  it  that  he  said  he  never  saw  me  in  a  better- 
looking  vest.  Am  more  and  more  convinced  that  I  shall  yet 
be  heard  from,  for  my  much  speaking. 

June  13,  1859.  Great  crowd  at  Brewster's  Hall  this  evening. 
I  couldn't  get  in  at  the  front  door  and  so  Jack  Johnson  and 
Charley  Owen  smuggled  me  in,  in  a  trunk.  This  was  called 
the  "  Opening  Load."  Hen  Hawley  called  me  out  on  the 
platform.  Said  he'd  got  something  for  me.  Handed  me  a 
wooden  spoon  that  formerly  belonged  to  Goliath  or  some  of 
his  crowd.  Hawley  said  it  was  sometimes  given  to  the  biggest 
eater  in  the  class,  sometimes  to  the  poorest  scholar  and  laziest 
fellow.  The  Class  of  '60  was  lucky  enough  to  get  a  combina- 
tion of  'em  all.  Said  I'd  been  measured  for  it,  so  it  was  a  gift 
well  fitted  to  its  recipient.  I  was  very  much  surprised.  I 
said  I  felt  I  was  unworthy  of  the  honor ;  there  were  so  many 
in  the  class  deserving  it  so  much  more  than  I  did.  At  first  I 
thought  of  calling  them  out  and  handing  it  over,  but  as 
they  would  be  as  much  taken  by  surprise  as  I  was,  I  hauled 
out  several  pages  of  extemporaneous  reply  instead,  and  took 
the  spoon  with  a  few  stirring  remarks. 

June  14,  1859.  Stayed  awake  most  of  the  night  expecting 
to  be  awakened  by  '59  men;  wasn't  by  even  one.  Learned 
to-day  that  the  Death's  Head  men  this  year  were  too  cheap 
a  crowd  to  think  of  asking  me.  Believed  I'd  've  risked  it. 
They  ought  to  told  me  before,  though,  so  I  could' ve  got 
my  night's  rest. 

June  1,  i860.  After  four  years,  the  fellows  in  the  class 
seem  to  be  all  pretty  good  ones.  Hope  I'll  know  as  many  like 
them  the  rest  of  my  life.  To  be  sure,  Ed  Furbish  and  Dan 
Hebard,  Jo  Daniels,  H.  E.  Barnes,  Denison,  Griffin,  Boies, 
Kingsbury,  and  others  of  that  gang,  will  have  to  reform  and 
not  stay  out  nights  and  make  so  much  noise  coming  home. 
For  some  reason  they  don't  show  it;  are  always  at  prayers 
next  morning  and  at  church  and  prayer-meeting,  and  I  dare 
say  if  they  were  accused  of  it  they  would  deny  it.  Perhaps 
I'm  mistaken;  perhaps  it  isn't  they  that  make  the  racket. 
One  should  be  careful  and  not  say  such  things  unless  he  knows. 


Stray  Leaves  from  a  Lost  Diary  233 

Some  in  the  class  are  quite  different  from  the  others.  There's 
Gaul.  "  Gaul,"  said  I,  the  other  day,  "  you'll  never  get  on 
in  the  world.  You're  too  pious,  too  quiet,  too  studious;  you'll 
ruin  your  health.  You  ought  to  go  on  sprees  now  and  then, 
just  to  see  how  it  seems."  Then  there's  Del,  —  just  the  other 
way,  boisterous  and  bumptious,  goes  round  slapping  you  on 
the  back  and  saying  "  Hawhaw!  and  how  are  you."  I  said 
to  him,  "  Del,  you  ought  to  repress  yourself.  People  don't 
like  to  be  thumped  and  guyed  and  hawhawed.  You  ought  to 
learn  to  be  quiet  and  modest.  You  talk  too  much  and  roar 
and  cavort.  If  people  hear  so  much  of  you  now,  they  won't 
hear  of  you  hereafter.  I  don't  think  he  liked  my  plain  speak- 
ing, but  it'll  do  him  good  if  he'll  take  it  good-naturedly,  as  it 
was  meant.  There's  Howe.  For  four  years,  now,  I've  sat 
on  one  side,  or  rather,  leaned  on  one  side,  of  him,  and  Hunt 
on  the  other.  He's  a  fellow  Hunt  and  I  can  rely  on  whenever 
we're  sleepy,  especially  Sunday  in  chapel.  He's  got  a  mighty 
soft  heart,  or  something,  that  makes  him  feel  easy  whenever 
we  lop  over  on  him. 

There's  lots  of  others  I'd  like  to  write  about,  but  I  really 
must  study  my  astronomical  problems  so's  to  be  able  to  tell 
Newton,  to-morrow,  "  Not  prepared,"  instead  of  standing  up 
and  trying  to  guess  whether  I  am  or  not. 

June  18,  i860.  Last  day!  Class  day!  Formed  in  a  ring 
near  the  chapel.  As  we  were  about  to  part,  there  was  natu- 
rally a  good  deal  said  about  the  divisions  among  us  when  we 
first  entered  college.  There  were  four.  For  one,  I  told  a 
good  deal  that  I  didn't  know  about  the  second.  After  that 
was  all  done  and  songs  were  sung  that  we  shall  never  sing 
again  —  at  least  I  hope  not  —  some  of  'em  —  including  my 
own;  and  although  we're  not  going  to  leave  for  six  weeks, 
everybody  shook  everybody's  hand  and  wept.  But  dear  me! 
How  I  wish  I  was  just  coming  to  college  on  the  Canal  railroad 
again!  —  E.G.  H. 


Retrospective 


Probably  every  college  class  thinks  its  own  time  a  transi- 
tion period  and  its  career  somewhat  remarkable.  And,  yet, 
without  any  invidious  comparison,  a  brief  retrospect  will 
show  that  this  is  preeminently  true  of  the  Class  of  '6o. 

It  was  our  privilege  to  come  under  the  influence  of  that 
mighty  religious  awakening  of  1858,  probably  unequaled  in 
its  quiet  intensity  and  permanent  results  by  any  college 
revival  in  the  nineteenth  century.  It  came  with  pentecostal 
power,  unheralded,  except  by  the  morning  prayer-meetings 
that  thronged  the  large  New  Haven  churches.  There  was  no 
extra  preaching,  no  suspension  of  college  work,  and  yet  every 
heart  was  touched.  We  were  in  the  midst  of  Sophomore  year, 
in  the  hardest  work  of  the  whole  course.  We  had  just  begun 
to  realize  the  meaning  of  college  life,  and  its  bearing  on  all 
the  coming  years.  The  Class  of  '60  received  its  deepest 
impress  and  became  almost  unanimously  Christian.  It 
welded  us  together  in  a  loving  brotherhood  which  continued 
throughout  college  and  has  remained  to  this  day.  The  class 
prayer-meeting  has  been  a  most  delightful  feature  of  our 
reunions  all  through  these  forty-five  years.  The  rare  heroism 
of  our  men  in  the  Civil  War  and  the  faithful  and  successful 
careers  in  the  larger  world  may  be  traced  in  no  small  degree 
to  the  experiences  of  those  days. 

Just  after  graduation  came  that  tidal  wave  of  patriotism 
that  swept  over  the  land  and  ushered  in  the  Civil  War.  Statis- 
tics no  doubt  will  show  what  class  did  most  and  suffered  most 
on  the  battlefield,  but  certainly  none  sent  better  men  or  more 
"  knightly  soldiers  "  than  ours.  Henry  W.  Camp  will  be 
honored  beside  Nathan  Hale  as  long  as  Yale  and  the  nation 
stand.  Forty-eight  members  of  our  class,  in  various  positions, 
gave  their  services  in  this  great  crisis,  and  six  sealed  their 
patriotism  with  their  lives.  With  this  early  baptism  of  suffer- 
ing and  service,  consecrated  to  God  and  country,  our  class 

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entered  upon  its  life  work.  It  has  never  forgotten  its  motto,* 
and  is  willing  to  be  judged  by  its  actions.  No  truer,  braver, 
better  men  were  ever  enrolled  in  Yale  than  those  in  the 
brotherhood  of  "  Sixty."  We  have  every  reason  for  congratu- 
lation in  the  record  and  the  retrospect. 

Equally  happy  are  we  in  the  growth  and  development  of 
our  Alma  Mater.  We  have  seen  her  transformed  from  a 
small  college  to  a  great  university.  Although  at  our  entrance 
one  hundred  and  fifty  years  of  history  were  behind  us,  yet  as 
we  look  backward  we  seem  to  have  been  at  the  beginning  of 
things.  We  saw  the  first  gymnasium  erected  and  were  one 
of  the  first  classes  to  use  it.  We  saw  the  early  regattas  at 
Springfield,  and  those  memorable  contests  with  Harvard  in 
which  our  own  class  was  a  prominent  factor.  The  elective 
principle  in  the  curriculum  began  in  our  time.  Mr.  Sheffield 
was  still  living  on  Hillhouse  Avenue,  and  laying  the  magnifi- 
cent foundation  of  the  scientific  school  that  bears  his  name. 
The  new  building  era  which  has  transfigured  the  campus,  and 
whole  blocks  adjacent,  began  in  the  sixties.  The  grand 
bicentennial  celebration,  which  crowned  all  this  success  and 
brought  the  world  together  to  rejoice  over  it,  is  interwoven 
with  our  own  life  and  history.  We  are  glad  to  have  had  our 
small  share  in  this  marvelous  growth  of  Yale.  Truly,  the 
lines  are  fallen  to  us  in  pleasant  places  and  we  have  a  goodly 
heritage. 

We  do  well  to  rejoice  in  our  class,  our  college,  our  country, 
and  in  this  golden  era  in  which  God  has  permitted  us  to  live 
and  work.  —  J.  L.  D. 


*  Spectemur  agendo. 


